The Shoes, They Do Harm #
July 22nd, 2010 | In Worth Knowing
Recent studies have found that conventional running shoe fittings yield more injuries than shoes assigned at random.
About half of the runners received shoes designated by the shoe companies as appropriate for their particular foot stance (underpronators were given cushiony shoes, overpronators motion-control shoes and so on). The rest received shoes at random. All of the women started a 13-week, half-marathon training program. By the end, about a third had missed training days due to pain, with a majority of the hurt runners wearing shoes specifically designed for their foot postures.