Posted: Apr 28, 08 7:12pm
The article starts out It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take.
http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/
Among other interesting notes in the article, “Wearers of expensive running shoes that are promoted as having additional features that protect (e.g., more cushioning, ‘pronation correction’) are injured significantly more frequently than runners wearing inexpensive shoes (costing less than $40).” According to another study, people in expensive cushioned running shoes were twice as likely to suffer an injury—31.9 injuries per 1,000 kilometers, as compared with 14.3—than were people who went running in hard-soled shoes. Thank goodness I like my shoes cheap :-)
And if you have arthritis in the knees, barefoot produces less stress on the joint than those special shoes they've been recommending.
