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2011-10-05 8:58 AM

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Subject: Gait analysis
I gotta think that some of you have had this done. Im thinking about getting it done myself. I have been starting to have knee pain as of late. About 3/4of the way through my last training cycle I switched to new shoes. Everything was fine until now (about a month later). Right knee hurts like crazy. I took three ibuprofen yesterday and I normally take 0 to 1 a week. Rather than just jump back to my old model of shoe I wonder if a getting analized first would be a good idea. A friend had it done and followed the suggestion for shoes. But the shoes they suggested To correct her pronation hurt more then the others she had. Not a story I wanted to hear.....

2011-10-05 9:10 AM
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The thing is, what running shoes will work for you is as much an art as it is a science.

Really the best suggestion I could give is figure out if you need stability or not, then try some shoes in that category from a store with a "free 30 day run return" or such until you find some that work. Then you can at least be happy until the manufacturer decides to screw them up in the next "update"

2011-10-05 12:17 PM
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Interesting thanks for your input.  This is kinda what thought but I wanted to see if someone with more tenure could give me some wisdom.  Awesome signature by the way!

 

I guess I'll go back to some Saucony Pro Grid Rides then.

2011-10-05 8:41 PM
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Read this thread:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=242103&start=41

2011-10-05 9:13 PM
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I had a gait analysis performed by a physical therapist, not by someone trying to sell me shoes. She did suggest a couple of shoe models that she thought would work for me, but most of what she pointed out had to do with stride mechanics, not just foot strike. I'm sure the shoes help, but the exercises that she gave me to address the mechanical issues were what helped me overcome the injuries. If there are severe mechanical problems in your gait, by the time your foot hits the ground, the damage is done and one pair of shoes may not make much of a difference over another.
2011-10-05 9:23 PM
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Since most "gait analysis" is done in the store, or the clinic, or wherever, can someone please explain to me how that correlates at all with the normal person's gait as they tire on mile 3, 4, 5 or beyond?  Do your legs feel the same the longer you run? I promise your "gait"  isn't the same.

I was dumb enough to go to a store that was recommmended to me for some advice on what shoes would help me with burning I was having with the sole on my left foot.  I walked out with new shoes, orthotics in them, and a "gait analysis".

Two months later I was laid up for almost 12 weeks with a femoral stress fracture that I BLAME 100% ON THE ORTHOTICS AND WHAT THEY DID TO MY GAIT/STRIDE. 

I have run pain free in very neutral/minimul shoes since my recovery from the fracture.

My advice is to be VERY CAREFUL.....running is full of vodoo science. Always has been, but it's even worse in the information age.

2011-10-05 9:38 PM
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What kind of knee pain are you having?  Is it related to IT band issues?  While a gait analysis and shoe switch may help/solve the issue I'd want to look at what is painful in the knee as well. 
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