For most people, foot type is not an issue. You just wear a neutral shoe and away you go.
In some cases however, people have different type foot arches and wearing the wrong type of shoe can lead to pain and injury.
See the video clip below for a test to determine what type foot you have...
3 comments:
I'm supposed to have fallen arches (I have asics specifically for this) but I've been running in the five finger vibrams for a week now and I’m in love the free gait you develop. It's tough on my claves (so far) but it feels like I'm working up a strength in the right places and an efficient form in others (less work on my knees, etc). Does anyone else have experience over a longer period with these bad boys?
I didn’t realise how important the right fitting runner was until i started training for cork at the start of this year. after going into a sports shop in town and buying the most expensive pair of runners in there (from a teenager who didn’t know what they were talking about - silly me) i soon began training and after 6 weeks I was out injured because the runner did not accommodate for the arch in my foot.........it is so so important. I was advised by the physio to go to buckleys or the egde and get "fitted" with the right runner. I did and i haven’t had an injury yet (touch wood). I use asics now and they are great! As I said - I didn’t realise how important it was until i spent 6 weeks in a physio trying to repair the damage!
For me foot type is really an issue. Thanks for this post, it helped me determine my foot size. I often got a wrong size and ended up returning a new buy shoes.
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