What Nike shoes for recovering from Achillies Tendonitis & Plantar Faciatis

Getting orthotics to fix a running related injury is absolute the worst thing you could do for your running career. Find someone you can trust to help you fix your issues without condemning yourself to a lifetime of problems in orthotics.

Hear me out: Everyone that walks/runs and lives an active lifestyle is seceptible to achilles tendenitis and plantar facitis and a multitude of other impact related injuries. As a society we are taught to look for the quick fix to our problems and in turn we overlook the negative side effects of our actions. I encourage you do a lot more research and talk with lots of other people about how to fix your injuries before you put devices which change/alter your natural biomechanics. On the surface most podiatrist make orthotics seem like they are gods gift to humans. They are able to get away with this because most of the people that go to see them trust them and don't have any knowledge of how the body is design nor how it can be effected by orthotic devices. I AM NOT SAYING THAT NO ONE SHOULD EVER WEAR AN ORTHOTIC. What I am saying is that it should be the very last ditch effort for someone wanting to continue competitive running. All other options should be exhausted even if it takes years to heal your injuries.

Nike has gotten very soft over the last few years. The pegasus is like a pillow, and the problem is the shoes do not fully support the foot throughout the life of the shoe. Pulls at the achilles because your heel sinks too low. Plantar develops because the arch isn't stiff enough. Wish they bring back the shoes from 5 years ago. Try adidas or asics. Stiffer and better arches.

shoe guy wrote:

Nike has gotten very soft over the last few years. The pegasus is like a pillow, and the problem is the shoes do not fully support the foot throughout the life of the shoe. Pulls at the achilles because your heel sinks too low. Plantar develops because the arch isn't stiff enough. Wish they bring back the shoes from 5 years ago. Try adidas or asics. Stiffer and better arches.

Shoe guy,

Shoes do not need to have better arches! Our feet need to be strenghten and taken proper care of, so they can provide the stability and shock absorbing qualities that they were uniquely designed to do. Even the most simplistic shoe can alter our biomechanics.

Kip Dynamite wrote:

I only wear Nike and need to figure out what shoes to wear.

I just got orthotics to help me recover from achilles tendonitis and plantar faciatis.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

No offense, but I think I know why you were injured. It is all in your first sentence. I had horrible trouble with AT and PF my first 2 years in college, and I contribute it all to running in Nikes. The only reason I ran in them is that they were the team shoe and it was our only choice. We finally got a deal where we got a shoe allotment and could choose our own shoes. I haven't had the problem since. Nikes have way to stiff and rigid heel. Seriously, try some real shoes, Saucony, Asics, NB.

You will have tight calf muscles, which affect the Achilles tendon. If you want a speedy recovery from that, get a self massage tool called The Stick, roll it over the gastroc and soleus at least 5 times per day. It will feel uncomfortable at first, but in the next couple of days you will feel a major difference. Another option is to self massage your muscles w/ your hands.

If you can, get your 'gate' checked out at a running store where you can run on a treadmill.

Good luck!

Since noone else will answer your question I will give you an answer. I have had those problems in the past and the Nike Air Structure Triax has always been a great shoe for me. It seems to really help me when my plantar faciatis comes back. I haven't tried the latest version though. That is an answer to your question as to what has helped me. Now, the others might have made some good points, just to different questions. They might help if you are willing to look at different fixes.

Kip Dynamite wrote:

I only wear Nike and need to figure out what shoes to wear.

I just got orthotics to help me recover from achilles tendonitis and plantar faciatis.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Informed runner is right. Podiatrists and the like think that because a few of their patients are helped by orthotics that all patients will be. Of course you're wondering why they don't examine your feet and write a plan for recovery--they do, it's just that they care more about making money selling orthotics than getting you back to running. The good podiatrists used to be like that, but htey went out of business because they didn't sell enough crap. Now all that's left are the bad ones.