Can't wear shoes where the front of the shoes is lower than the heel.

Old style Chuck Taylor Converse all star basketball shoes are level.

no reason why a person could not use them for running.

It has been well documented exactly why shoes became built up in the heels but flat shoes are actually still readily available.

Mark London wrote:

I have a very experienced pedorthist, But every orthotic he makes me for, doesn't take into account the fact that my shoes significantly raise the level of my heel (by over a 1/4" inch or more)., I have to go through a long process of getting the orthotic heel to be significantly shaved down. Because the pedorthist doesn't seem to comprehend the reason why I need a lot of contact with the front of my foot and the sole, in order reduce the impack on my heel. Am I the only person that has this problem?

Almost all runners have this problem, unless you're running barefoot all the time.

Unfortunately, good running shoes without high heel lifts and all sorts of weird harmful gimmicks haven't been readily available since the mid 1970s.

Try shoes where the front is higher than the heel.

Just run uphill.

Altra shoes. Zero drop.

blah... wrote:

Altra shoes. Zero drop.

Best answer yet!

Embrace the space!

Dude, Altra.

100% of their shoes are "zero drop".

There aren't as many as when minimalism was the big fad, but there are still a fair number of zero or low drop shoes out there in addition to Altra:

http://www.newbalance.com/minimus/

http://www.merrell.com/US/en/search?q=vapor%20glove

http://www.merrell.com/US/en/search?q=trail%20glove

If you want to be really radical, there are Earth Shoes with negative heels, which are popular with old hippies:

http://www.earthbrands.com/womens-shoes/womens-negative-heel-shoes

Money & greed. wrote:

Unfortunately, good running shoes without high heel lifts and all sorts of weird harmful gimmicks haven't been readily available since the mid 1970s.

^^ Lives under rock

Cut the heel off of your current shoes.

Older Skechers (Get the GoRunRide version 2). You're welcome.

And any Altra shoe.

Ideas:

https://runrepeat.com/ranking/rankings-of-running-shoes?features=low-drop,zero-drop

Ccyle doc wrote:

Money & greed. wrote:

Unfortunately, good running shoes without high heel lifts and all sorts of weird harmful gimmicks haven't been readily available since the mid 1970s.

^^ Lives under rock

just run in xc spikes without the spikes like new balance xc700 xc900 ect i know a guy who does 170mpw i them up mountains in italy

But speaks the truth wrote:

Ccyle doc wrote:

^^ Lives under rock

Nonsense. There are more shoe companies now and more of them producing no heel shoes.

In the mid 70s heels were starting to show up in everything.

You can still buy the Onitsuka Mexico 66 if you really believe you are up to old school shoes.

On it Sucka wrote:

There are more shoe companies now and more of them producing no heel shoes.

That's totally wrong. There is no comparison between running shoe styles prior to and since the RW ratings, and the prices are exponentially higher for terrible shoes.