One of the many ways cushioned running shoes hurt your feet is by causing flat feet and poor foot strength, which are precursors for foot over-pronation. Weak feet and collapsed arches co-evolve with long-term use of conventional running shoes, especially with stability elements, which repress the engaging activity of the foot’s bones, muscles, soft tissues, and especially the arch. When the foot’s muscles and arch are weak, they lose their ability to control pronation, resulting in over-pronation, which is abnormal foot motions and postures during the touchdown and stance phases of running. This leads to tissue and muscular over-strain of the foot as well as increases in torsional and rotational stress on the ankle, knee and hip, and is essentially a major hotbed for injury. Read more here!
