NFL Veterans Walk Off Their Pain in Gait-Changing Shoes
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Former National Football League players facing knee and back pain are trying to walk it off with shoes best described as gait-changers.
The closely held Israeli company that sells the shoes, AposTherapy, is betting ordinary Americans, desperate for non-invasive solutions to counter pain, will follow in the players’ wobbly footsteps. The products feature what look like two rubbery tennis ball halves attached to the bottom and retrain the muscles to reduce pain.