Mel Siff at his best! Shoe manufacturers would have athletes believe that the primary solution to most athletic injuries is the wearing of expensive footwear. Ailments such as shin splints, iliotibial band syndrome and peripatellar pain are attributed variously to excessive shock loading of the limbs, pronation or supination. Research, however, reveals that fewer injuries occur among those who wear thin soled shoes and that current athletic footwear may even be injurious (Robbins et al, 1988)
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