The National Society of Black Engineers magazine for pre-college students, NSBE Bridge, presented a fine article by Peter Slavin describing the nasty long-term consequences for women wearing high-heeled shoes in the just-published Fall, 2012 edition. Of course, the central point of the article was tethered to Casey’s research on the devastating impact on the knee […]
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Another OESH First–Magazine Cover for the Lizards!
This can be placed onto the top of the OESH Media pile: Online Magazine Today’s Medical Developments stacked the OESH Lizards onto the cover of the October, 2012 issue. You can find the OESH article, wonderful in every way imaginable, beginning on page 56
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OESHer of the Week 10/17: Jean Lanham!
This week’s featured OESHer, Jean Lanham, started accruing OESHer street cred back in 2011, when she sent us the following glowing testimony (which you may have seen in that August’s OESH email newsletter): It’s me again. I ordered size 8 Classic and I have not taken them off except for sleep. I love them that […]
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VIVmag.com credits OESH & Dr. Casey Kerrigan’s research for sparking minimalist running boom
VIVmag offers insight, advice and authentic stories to inspire and motivate women in their quest for a balanced and healthy lifestyle. Casey was highly impressed with their request, through writer Victoria Clayton, to discuss the remarkable research published by Casey and her colleagues on the detrimental effect of traditional running shoes on (especially) our knees in […]
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OESH Blogs turns 100, honors fellow centenarian Julia Child
What is it about Julia Child that brings so much joy? Maybe it’s actually, what isn’t there about her, that brings it. Ms. Child would be 100 right now, and since this is our 100th Blog, we thought it would be great fun to celebrate her enduring spirit with a few of her mythic quotes: […]
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New Course Record: Celebrity Endorser Trains in OESH
We make OESH for real stories. And we surely don’t look for puffy pro sports types to inspire us. Instead of following some yokel clubbing little white balls in the sand, we’ve got Kellyn Kusyk, who’s been training exclusively in OESH for a year and a half. In her first high school cross-country tri-meet, running […]
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Knowledge-based shoe manufacturing in the USA
Who would have thought that a shoe factory is an academic think tank for USA-based manufacturing? This is precisely what our OESH factory has become. The buzz words are “knowledge-based manufacturing” which have been identified by experts as the key to getting manufacturing back into America. Along those lines, this year we’re fortunate to have […]
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OESH Sells Out! Licorice 10 Suede Sandals join Classic 10s & 11s as official Collector’s Items
You OESHers love our soft Suede Sandals! This morning we officially sold the last pair of size 10 OESH Licorice Sandals. Many Thanks to all of you who helped make this happen! As we are careful to note when one of our sizes sells out, the OESH philosophy is to create only Limited Edition quantities […]
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OESH Manufacturing hosts remarkable summer internships for USA collegians
Today is Labor Day, traditionally the dawn of a new year of classes for students. At OESH, we especially enjoyed the great efforting of 3 remarkable workers this summer, and marvel that they are now setting up for even more formal education, as our stellar summer workers left the Charlottesville factory for college hijinks and […]
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Our New Athletic Sandals: The Perfect Shoe for Bunions
I think our new Athletic sandals are so especially good for combating bunions, I almost wanted to call them our “anti-bunion sandals.” The toe strap that reaches back to the ankle not only helps secure the foot, but also helps actively separate the big toe from the second. That gentle separation between the big and […]
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