Many of our feet and knee injuries are caused by running shoes that make our feet weak. These shoes can cause us to lean over (ankle rotation) and produce knee problems.
Murakami Haruki's new book "When I talk about what I talked about when running" caused a wave of sports. Murakami, a long-distance runner, wrote: "You don't need someone to help you. You don't need any special equipment. You don't have to go to a specific place. If you have a pair of running shoes, a good road, you can run. I am very happy.†With such encouragement, many people began to secretly resolve to start a running person from tomorrow.
There is a lot of controversy about such a simple exercise. Whether or not to wear running shoes and how the feet fall is a problem. Last month, a controversial new book, "Running for Life," was launched. The author, Christopher M. McDougall, whipped his running shoes.
He wrote: "Whether male or female is fat or thin, running is slow or slow, 65%-80% of people who run exercise each year will be injured." Interestingly, Talahumara people in northern Mexico can run hundreds of kilometers in a row while running in high mountain fields. Their feet are packed with at least two animal skins or worn-out car tires, but they rarely suffer from foot injuries. .
After analysis, McDougall thinks that various running shoes that advertise high technology make people more injured. Later, he figures that the rate of injury in high-end sports shoes may be twice as high as wearing cheaper sports shoes. Modern sports shoes were first created by Nike in 1972. Before that, people's soles were thinner, which made people's feet stronger and less knee injuries.
Professor Daniel Lieberman, an anthropologist at Harvard University, is a senior expert on the evolution of human movement. By studying the increase in injuries to athletes, he came to an amazing conclusion: “Many of the afflictions to our foot injuries and knee injuries are caused by wearing shoes that let our feet become weak. These shoes cause us to lean over. (Ankle rotation) and knee problems.†In other words, all kinds of air cushions, shock absorbers and cushioned shoes confined our feet and made them weaker. Last year, Craig Richards of the University of Newcastle in Australia also talked in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that there is no conclusive evidence and research shows that running shoes can reduce the incidence of injuries.
This means that the sports shoes industry with a global value of more than 10 billion US dollars actually has no scientific evidence and theory to support it. In order to prove the seriousness of his research findings, Richards also issued a "challenging book." Is there any running shoe company that dares to support its statement with research results. Wearing long-distance running shoes can reduce the risk of injury and improve running performance? Unfortunately, so far no company has dared to fight.
Although running is a matter of the lower body, if you want to improve your running efficiency, you must prepare it from head to toe.