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In today market there are lots of options for athletic shoes. In your case, a serious treadmill runner, you will have to go for the running shoes.

If you care about your foots and you want to avoid injuries and after training pains you will have to ditch the old shoes and get new ones, specially made for running. At one point we also had the impression that the industry got crazy when they throw on the market shoes for all kind of sports.

But in the end if you think for a little you will realize that for perfect comfort and balance you need special shoes for each sport. When you play basketball or football you are not doing the same movements as in running. So you need special shoes for each sport if you want to perform and be protected in the same time. Running shoes are designed for forward motion and they will not have the proper support for movements in other directions.

The running shoes must have several special features. They need to have additional cushioning and strength around heel area. Different companies have various names for material and technology implemented around heel area(like adiprene, dmx or air) but in the end they have the same principle and goal.

Running shoes are supposed to be flexible and light. You also need to know your foot type (do a little web research) before stat shopping. Motion control will decrease excessive pronation while a shoe with extra arch cushioning will help a supinator foot.

There is a test you can do to check the stability:

- Bend the shoe heel to toe and see where flexes.If is is not in the same place as where the foot bends don’t buy it.

- Now pick with a hand the toe area and with the other the heel area. Twist in opposite direction. If you can wring it like a towel it means there is no support.

- In the end you should squeeze the heel left to right. A stable heel will not cave in.

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