Makes since to me, sense I switched to minimalist zero drop shoes I've noticed how much better my hips and ankles feel. They don't pop as much now.
I thought this kind of studies, with the same results, had been done many times years ago.
Might be a great and important study, but starts with two baseless assertions:
"1. These discoveries may explain why shoes with more cushioning do not protect against impact-related running injuries.
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2. In order to reduce the risk of running-related injuries, running shoe manufactures have added cushioning to shoe soles aimed at reducing impact loading."
1. How do you know they don't? You only pointed out that there are still a lot of injuries even as maximalist shoes have become popular. Perhaps it's cited later in the paper, but maybe both maximalist shoes and minimalist shoes have become more popular and one decreases injuries while the other increases injuries. It may be true that cushioning doesn't protect, but can you state that as a fact?
2. No, running shoe manufacturers have added cushioning because that's what their customers wanted. A response to the rise of Hoka. Some runners I know have gone maximalist to reduce injury risk, but most chose them because they like them, not specifically for injury risk reduction.
The keyword here is "highly". Best practices by podiatrists that I have read indicate that all shoes, including running shoes, should have good cushioning. They should also offer good support and have a very ridged sole. Flexible soles move the joints and this is not good. Shoes like these are best for 95% of all people. The rest, typically high archers, can go with more cushioning and less stability.
When the cushioning of my shoes gets compressed at about 200-300 miles I start getting knee pains. As soon as I get a new shoe the pain goes away. Cushioning is essential, at least for me.
tyyuk wrote:
When the cushioning of my shoes gets compressed at about 200-300 miles I start getting knee pains. As soon as I get a new shoe the pain goes away. Cushioning is essential, at least for me.
Same. I use the nike pegasus and replace around 200-250 miles or I get knee pain. I've tried tons of other shoes makes and models and have gotten the knee pain soon accompanied by plantar pain. I'm curious to try the hoka's but not sure. It seems every time I try a brand other than nike I end up with an injury after like 50 miles and want to kick myself for trying another brand again. I definitely need cushioning but not sure how much since the pegs are more middle of the road b/t maximal and minimal.
I found a mistake in the procedure. It selected over-striding sprinters as the sole subjects. You can see it in the graph, where the shoe Impact Point is far from the main force curve. It says they selected athletic people, presumably athletes who run in a playing field, as subjects.
adambomb1234 wrote:
tyyuk wrote:
When the cushioning of my shoes gets compressed at about 200-300 miles I start getting knee pains. As soon as I get a new shoe the pain goes away. Cushioning is essential, at least for me.
Same. I use the nike pegasus and replace around 200-250 miles or I get knee pain. I've tried tons of other shoes makes and models and have gotten the knee pain soon accompanied by plantar pain. I'm curious to try the hoka's but not sure. It seems every time I try a brand other than nike I end up with an injury after like 50 miles and want to kick myself for trying another brand again. I definitely need cushioning but not sure how much since the pegs are more middle of the road b/t maximal and minimal.
I've worn my pegasus 2000 miles, eventually the bottoms of my feet start to hurt. Different people have different mechanics I guess.
2,180 miles on my Hoka Bondi!!!!!!!!!!
and still going.
Try a new pair and you feel reborn.
wthg wrote:
Try a new pair and you feel reborn.
I have two pair of Clifton 1 waiting for me!!!