04/25/2020
Runners out there...how much did you pay for your shoes?
How well do you think you run?
Have you ever had to resolve a chronic foot or leg condition during your running career wearing conventional running shoes.
As a Sport Therapist of 24 years, I have taken many related courses about how running affects our feet, hips, knees, etc.
As a former experienced runner myself of 35 years, I did experience wear and tear on my feet by wearing conventional shoes which enabled me to run unconsciously and with biomechanical fault.
Fortunately the last 10 years of my running and racing career were more technical and biomechanically sound, which helped my race times and overall capacity. However, looking back, regardless of my running efficiency and efficacy, I still couldn't escape the conventional running shoe's inherent design faults! I suffered from corns, and blisters on my feet after my long runs, despite my running efficiency.
Back then, it hadn't occurred to me that the significant wear and tear on my feet was due to the shoe design and that this enabled runners to run with many technical faults. The main fault for many runners was heel striking.
I am 52 yrs young, and am finally contemplating to return to my running once more. As I was searching throught the Xero Shoes website, one the US's seminal "minimalist" shoe companies,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90D418SFZI
I stumbled upon a fairly controversial video (in 2014) and debate between the advent of the minimalist shoe industry and the BIG running shoe companies who were being being compelled to appreciate what their runners were going through with their seemingly outdated running shoe design.
Ok, so if you are a runner, and you've ever suffered from an insidious running injury from the foot on up, and you don't have a clear enough diagnosis or explanation for this wear and tear, please give this short video a review. Feel free to PM if you would like to discuss anything about my post or the video.
