British training shoes are designed to put a real (bed-) spring in your step Quote: Running shoes with in-built bedsprings in the soles may sound like something out of a children’s comic, but scientists have done created them in an attempt to reduce the injuries caused by pavement jogging. Quote: The shoes have a series of miniature pocket springs based on mattress bedsprings that are designed to absorb some of the shock of repeatedly hitting hard ground, scientists said. Quote: The lightweight springs were made by Leeds mattress company Harrison Spinks, which Professor Richards said was one of the few companies in the world capable of making pocket springs small enough to fit inside a running shoe’s sole.
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Running shoes with miniature springs
