Common Sense Blog

More about the Common Tread story with Happy Little soles UK

More about the Common Tread story with Happy Li...

A Brand Born from the Ground Up Common Tread was founded in 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa by partners John and Nicole van Besouw, an Engineer and an Occupational Therapist....

More about the Common Tread story with Happy Li...

A Brand Born from the Ground Up Common Tread was founded in 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa by partners John and Nicole van Besouw, an Engineer and an Occupational Therapist....

Walking towards a brighter future with Samaritan's Feet.

Walking towards a brighter future with Samarita...

  Have you ever thought about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on someone's life? Samaritan's Feet is an organization that understands the power of footwear in...

Walking towards a brighter future with Samarita...

  Have you ever thought about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on someone's life? Samaritan's Feet is an organization that understands the power of footwear in...

Ditch the Squeeze: Traditional vs. Barefoot Shoes

Ditch the Squeeze: Traditional vs. Barefoot Shoes

The truth is, most of us grew up wearing traditional shoes without ever questioning them. But here’s something wild: those narrow, stiff, and often clunky shoes can actually change the...

Ditch the Squeeze: Traditional vs. Barefoot Shoes

The truth is, most of us grew up wearing traditional shoes without ever questioning them. But here’s something wild: those narrow, stiff, and often clunky shoes can actually change the...

Meeting of the minds - how an OT and Engineer got into shoe-making.

Meeting of the minds - how an OT and Engineer g...

The first steps we took in creating a barefoot shoe prototype in our garage at home.  The Problem Nicole being an Occupational Therapist and a mom of two young toddlers...

Meeting of the minds - how an OT and Engineer g...

The first steps we took in creating a barefoot shoe prototype in our garage at home.  The Problem Nicole being an Occupational Therapist and a mom of two young toddlers...

Footwear fundamentals: 15 600 days of wearing school shoes.

Footwear fundamentals: 15 600 days of wearing s...

When it comes to choosing the right shoes for our kids in the growing years, every step really does count.

Footwear fundamentals: 15 600 days of wearing s...

When it comes to choosing the right shoes for our kids in the growing years, every step really does count.

A Cape Town based Chiropractor's take on Traversa barefoot shoes

A Cape Town based Chiropractor's take on Traver...

Dr Lazar shares his opinion about barefoot shoes and trials the Traversa Shoe.

A Cape Town based Chiropractor's take on Traver...

Dr Lazar shares his opinion about barefoot shoes and trials the Traversa Shoe.