Running Shoes

People like Chris McDougall and Dan Lieberman speculate that “barefoot running is best” and, a substantial number of runners now believe the promotions from McDougall and Lieberman that everyone should now be running barefoot or in “barefoot shoes” so we can “be more like our ancestors”. In order to try and bring a little more reality to this discussion, I thought it would be valuable to start a thread so we can begin to classify and catalog the many new injuries we are all seeing as a result of this barefoot running-minimalist running fad, that would never had occurred if the runners had simply been running in the proper running shoe

I just came across a website for a new shoe company called “OESH” founded by Casey Kerrigan, MD, that tells people to “ditch your orthotics”. Her shoe company claims that “Orthotics are not only worthless but actually harmful.” Of course, her new shoes provide the complete alternative solution to orthoses.