Shoes and running injuries – where are we today? - Using comfort to find the right shoe

Using comfort to find the right shoe

What does the farewell to the old concepts of cushioning and pronation control mean for the shoe industry? Do we need completely new shoe concepts or is it merely important that every athlete finds the shoe that suits him out of a choice that is as wide as possible? Most participants of the symposium could affirm that statement. "It is not a matter of right or wrong," Simon Lüthi said. "The consumer needs a broad range where he finds what he needs." For the industry it is important to know which range to provide.

But how does an athlete select the right shoe ? According to Benno Nigg, he should go by his notion of comfort. Comfort, Nigg says, is a good indicator for the avoidance of pain caused by the shoe.

by Wolfgang Best

Read more about the running symposium in the next issue of foot&shoe (February 2015).