one foot pronates more then the other

I actually have the same problem as well in the same foot, im waiting to get assessed in the new year, but i think it mite be because of a leg length discrepency, my left leg being longer than my right???

I was like that before I became I minimalist. Now I don't over pronate at all.

Do you guys have hamstring pain in the leg that over pronates?

Could it be from running on the same side of the road all the time?

It could be due to one leg being longer than the other, which isn't uncommon. I'd recommend seeing a physical therapist and getting some orthotics.

I was also an overpronator only on my right foot. I was wearing moderate stability shoes and had awful problems with my right IT band, piriformis, and plantar fasciitis. I think I have a leg length discrepancy. My right foot is a half size larger than my left foot. I went minimalist and although I still mildly overpronate with one foot I am not having the complications I used to.

You sound a lot like me. Right leg is a bit longer, right foot pronates a little, left leg pretty neutral. I've had piriformis and hip flexor problems on my right side. Right hip flexor is sore as I type this.

How long did it take you to go minimalist? What shoes did you start with and wind up going to?

I work at a running store we get a good amount of people that pronate more in one foot more then the other. It can be caused by a number of things like as mentioned previously. The important thing is to get a shoe that fixes the pronation on the foot that pronates the most.

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You sound a lot like me. Right leg is a bit longer, right foot pronates a little, left leg pretty neutral. I've had piriformis and hip flexor problems on my right side. Right hip flexor is sore as I type this.

How long did it take you to go minimalist? What shoes did you start with and wind up going to?

My leg injuries were on the annoying, but livable side for a long time. I was able to train pretty much without interruption but had to take a lot of time after racing, as the higher intensity killed my legs. I am primarily focused on marathons so I did a lot of miles with pretty moderate intensity and only a little speedwork mixed in. I lived with the problems for quite a while until the PF got so bad I could not run any more and could barely walk for a couple of weeks.

Because I allowed the PF to get so bad I made a very sudden transition from running in high heeled trainers (Landreth, Cumulum, Wave Rider, etc) to running exclusively in the Nike Waffle Racer. I had some injuries early on in the year and also some personal problems in the second half that have hampered my training since I made the switch but I was able to run a lot of miles in Aug-Oct. without any problems. I would recommend a longer transition to somebody else, but sometimes changes are forced upon us.

Welcome to the world of normality. There are few with perfect biomechanics. I doubt there is anything that minimalism will do to help with your woes. Few of us have perfectly the same leg length and arm swing, and fewer have perfect surfaces to run on. Watch out, if you get much older and continue to run on the "wrong side of the road" the gremlins will come out and give you SI joint problems. I do not mean to mock, but there is a lot to be said for biomechanics and things that will influence it. I have always run on the left side of the road and my injuries are starting to point to it as a problem. I never really added this up until I read about it on a thread here and then later heard from my chiropractor that he had a rash of such injuries among runners curiously all having the SI problem on the same side.