The heavier and cushier a running shoe, the more your foot wrestles with the ground, resulting in more torque as well as more bending and twisting strain that transfers from the foot up the leg as compared with running barefoot or in minimalist shoes, which were found to produce the most stable, least force-intensive foot steps.
Research confirmed that thick cushioned running shoes negatively affects the way children use their feet with the ground during running, while wilting the muscles, soft tissues and tendons in the foot as compared with minimalist shoes and running barefoot.
The worst type of running shoe for injury prevention are those with soft thick compressible underfoot materials vs firmer cushioning, or even running barefoot! In fact, soft cushioned running shoes was primarily responsible for ankle injury as compared with firmer cushioned running shoes, or barefoot running.
3 verifiable reasons cushioned running shoes with more padding under the heel than the front of the shoe, causes extremely displaced mechanics that produce more physical stress that the body cannot handle as compared with minimalist shoes, which were found to be the most clinically meaningful for form correction and impact production.
Plantar fasciitis can be added to the list of injuries caused by heel strike running because the higher-than-normal amounts of impact on the heel at touchdown was found to cause plantar fascia degeneration and fragmentation as well as reduced thickness and atrophy of the fascia. This is why heel strike running causes plantar fasciitis to turn into a chronic condition as compared with forefoot running.
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