SAN FRANCISCO — As he settles into a chair outside a café in Union Square, Aaron Kiegaldie is wearing … shoes. This might not sound unusual. But, for him—and for the Patriots wide receiver whose career he helped resurrect—it is.
Kiegaldie is the director of Melbourne Muscular Therapies. As in, Australia. Mack Hollins is among his most famous clients. Both, Kiegaldie says, own no more than five pairs of shoes. Even then, they’re “barefoot shoes,” meaning they’re made so wearers feel like they’re walking without shoes even when they’re on. Kiegaldie hasn’t worn shoes—typical, barefoot or otherwise—to work in about 10 years. He drives barefoot, shops barefoot and works out barefoot.
