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Are shock-absorbing shoes bad for us?

Posted on Nov 11th 2007 7:41PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Fitness

For those of you who are fans of the Nike Shox and other running-designed shoes, new research shows that if you have arthritic knees, you may want to step away from these products.

When shock-absorbing footwear was looked at in relation to knee osteoarthritis, the conclusion from the research was that the bare foot put less pressure on the knee compared to shock-absorbing shoes or ones hat are designed for foot stabilizing.

For those without arthritic knees, I still believe that this type of footwear offers great protection from knee and back breakdown. Do you?

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Tags: nike shox, NikeShox, running shoes, RunningShoes, shock absorbing shoes, ShockAbsorbingShoes

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Marcus 11-12-2007 @ 7:55AM

I really do not believe that these offer anything better than the next shoe. I tend to really destroy running shoes rather quickly. I have had better luck with a shoe simply designed for cushioning, rather than absorbing shock. Also, I spoke a former product manager at Nike who said that Shox were almost scrapped completely. Their first 'athlete' tests with 100 people yielded awful results. All but 2 'athletes' hated them. I am not hating on Nike here, I buy their sneakers all the time. I simply think the technology only goes so far and the marketing does the rest.