shoe facts
Point 1 Choose a shoe store that is right for you.
There are two types of stores. Specialists and discounters. Specialist stores have highly trained staff who really know about sports shoes and how to look after you. Specialists will look at how your feet move when you walk or run. Specialists carry the biggest range of high quality running shoes.
Point 2 What sport do you do and how hard do you go?
When running, forces through your back, hips, knees, legs and feet increase three times your body weight, so the risk of jarring is greater. Increased forces also causes foot pronation. While foot pronation is very normal, excessive pronation causes all sorts of injuries.
Point 3 Injury
If you have an injury, there are shoe features that will help.
Point 4 Your Biomechanics - The science of your foot shape and how it moves.
Each foot has 26 bones operated by tendons and muscles. Everyone's feet move differently. Your foot will hit the ground 500 times per km. If your shoe causes your foot to hit the ground poorly, you may develop injury.
Point 5 Comfort
To get that feeling of working on air, the fit must be right. Always check the length, width and arch support. Exercising is tough enough on your lungs without your feet giving up before you do.
Point 6 Test drive at least three shoes before choosing
Lots of shoes look great but don't suit your biomechanics, so fail to support your foot correctly when you walk or run.
Point 7 Enjoyment
In the right shoes, you will be walking on air and injury free. Life will be good.
Point 8 Dollars
The wrong shoes are a waste of money and let's face it, they are not cheap
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