The Big Toe Company

Decades of experience in biomechanics, that's Joe Nimble!

That's why our running shoe design is all about (re)integrating the big toe into the rolling phase of running. Your performance and stability benefit just as much as we minimise effort and the risk of injury. Read here how this works ...

Decades of experience in biomechanics, that's Joe Nimble!

Our combination of the Toefreedom® philosophy and the ToePilot® technology that supports this result is unique worldwide!

What does the "Big Toe" have to do with my running?

When you run, numerous muscles throughout your body are involved. These include the four largest muscles of the foot with a direct connection to the big toe. The big toe function contributes an astonishing 10% of propulsion and is also the anchor for stability and balance of forces when running. As part of your natural pronation support, the ‘Big Toe’ is also a core element of the roll-off process.

The classic sports shoe design ignores this important functional chain and not only wastes a significant part of your running potential. It makes the original functional chain unstable and requires adjustments to the body to compensate for the additional load. The result is overload and wear and tear with an increased risk of injury.

Incorporating the big toe into the kinematic chain of running increases your performance, allows you to utilise your strength more efficiently and reduces the risk of injury.

What does the ‘Big Toe’ have to do with my running?

When you run, numerous muscles throughout your body are involved. These include the four largest muscles of the foot with a direct connection to the big toe. The big toe function contributes an astonishing 10% of propulsion and is also the anchor for stability and balance of forces when running. As part of your natural pronation support, the ‘Big Toe’ is also a core element of the roll-off process.

Incorporating the big toe into the kinematic chain of running increases your performance, allows you to utilise your strength more efficiently and reduces the risk of injury.

What are the benefits of a running shoe from Joe Nimble?

We give your feet back what nature has developed in evolution: a sophisticated running concept that involves the whole body and enables you to utilise your strength potential much better. You get a comfortable running experience without fear of blisters thanks to a large toe box. And we give you the confidence to run more injury-free and efficiently than ever before.

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The strength and flexibility is within you, you don't need technologies that only compensate for what the shoe takes away from you elsewhere!

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What are the benefits of a running shoe from Joe Nimble?

The power and flexibility is in you, you don't need technologies that only compensate for what the shoe takes away from you elsewhere!

Learn here what really matters when running >>

And is this better than the running shoes from global brands?

Yes, because it's about much more than just a comfortably wide toe box, as offered by other brands! Joe Nimble is the first brand in the world to have taken a scientific approach to the still young topic of big toe function and developed solutions for running shoes. Most technologies on the market serve only one purpose: to correct errors caused by deviations from biomechanically correct running. Or to put it another way:

“Modern running shoes create problems that they claim to solve!”

We have recognised this and build shoes for your running life that help you to bring your body back into balance - without resorting to nonsensical techniques that only try to correct what has always been a design flaw.

Read here why most running shoes are not the solution, but the cause of problems >> >>