Running shoes; which one is right for you?

Running shoes; which one is right for you?

There is an ongoing revolution in running shoes consisting of new designs and smaller companies with original ideas for new shoe designs which can potentially be the next big seller. Some of the mom and pop style running shoe stores may offer the best advice.

Purchasing a running shoe can be frustrating, because there are so many choices we have. If you are asymmetrically built, or overpronate on one side while your other side works differently, sometimes there is no perfect show, however, you may need a store purchased insert to get the absolute right support.

One more variance is the store personnel, which may vary in skill while they attempt to fit your foot with the right shoe. Knowing how to properly fit a shoe is important, and if you know how to do this better than the store personnel, you are unlikely to make a costly mistake by buying a shoe that is too small. For more info on this, watch our videos on how to properly fit yourself here.

The NY Times recently had an article on how to fit yourself for the best shoe to complement your unique body mechanics. Check it out here

Choosing the Right Running Shoes

By Gretchen Reynolds

August 5, 2015 5:33 am

Many runners may be wearing the wrong shoes for their particular stride or the right shoes that were chosen for the wrong reasons, according to a new scientific review about running shoes and injury risks.

The study helpfully concludes that there is a reliable, scientifically valid way for each of us to pick the right running shoes, but it’s so simple that most of us ignore it.

The connection between running shoes and running injuries is surprisingly controversial and, from a scientific standpoint, unsettled.

Most of us who run have heard that we should choose our shoes based, for the most part, on two broad technical criteria.

The first is whether and how much our foot pronates, or rolls inward as we land. Orthopedists, coaches and runners long have believed that over- or under-pronation contributes to the risk of running injuries and should be controlled using particular types of shoes.

More recently, impact force, or the pounding that we experience with each stride, has also been getting plenty of attention, especially in relation to barefoot running and the question of whether we should wear shoes at all. Some barefoot-running proponents claim that running without shoes or in minimal, slipper-like models somehow changes impacts and substantially reduces the risk for injuries.