Executives in the athletic shoe industry are always looking for new ways to market their product, but the recent surge in “motion-controlled” shoes that limit foot pronation may actually be doing more harm than good. The new motion-controlled athletic shoes were created to correct the inward-tilting motion of the legs after they make contact with […]
Jogging Leads to Longer Life
A recent study has found that those who jog regularly are likely to live longer than those who don’t. Danish researchers analyzed health and jogging patterns in adults aged 20-79. They studied each patient in two year periods in 1976, 1986, 1991, and 2001. Researchers found that subjects who ran at least an hour a […]
Top 5 Reasons Barefoot Running is Best
Barefoot running has gained popularity in the past several years. Barefoot running is a style,not actually running barefoot. You can wear a shoe that is made to simulate barefoot running (MBT Masai Barefoot technlogy), or an Intrinsic muscle activating shoe (5 Finger Vibram), or just land on the ball of your foot. Proponents say that […]
Running Injuries: Causes & Prevention
A recent study of the Harvard Cross Country team examines how and why runners sustain ankle and foot injuries. The study, published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, analyzed four years worth of statistics about Harvard runners. Researchers found a correlation between how a person runs and the likelihood of their getting injured. […]
