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Up until now, I thought my shoes fitted great. I never had any foot ailments, so everything was fine and dandy.

But it’s not until I started exercising regularly when those foot problems started showing up. And boy do they come in “strive”. Recently, I noticed my heels had “cracked”. At first I thought I wasn’t getting enough DHA. Then my heels and arches started to ache. That could only mean the shoes, right? But wait…I just bought these shoes 3 months ago? How could they wear out so quickly?

Well, sad to say, it was a combination of both my shoes and my form. When I went into Roadrunner Sports (a shoe store) for a foot analysis, I learned through their infrared screen that my right foot was in more pain than my left and that both my feet had different types of arches. When I took the treadmill test, I learned that instead of landing my two feet straight up and down, one of my foot was curving in.

The end result is that I got my new shoes and my feet are so much happier. The ASIC shoes I got are even approved by the American Podiatric Society. If you live near a Roadrunner Sports, try going in for a foot analysis. You will not regret it. Or try their “Shoe Dog” on line, which will at least point you in the right direction. Road Runner’s advice is that if you weight more than 150 lbs., go for the motion control type of shoes.

Happy Exercising!

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/product/shoe-dog.jsp?bannerimage=shoedog_hp_main