To go off this - orthotics is a scam. Putting plates in your shoes to set your foot in the arbitrarily "correct" position won't help your feet and lower chain develop the right muscle adaptations to change (not "fix") any issues that might be stemming from improper muscle development that is typically apparent in "improper" form. The thing that the foot doctor said, when I was 13 or so, that got me really thinking was something along the lines of "if you don't have any pain anywhere from your flat feet, you don't really need the orthotics". He said they were more of a preventative measure, but even 8 years before I started my engineering degree, I concluded that orthotics don't do anything - YOU have to put in the to train your muscles to work differently. And heck if your form looks terrible but you're not in pain and you're performing really well, there's no reason to change it.
0:36 That position of ur knee bent and the other normally sitting, is one of the worst things to habitually do. As soon as I stopped doing that, I stopped getting pain in my legs running. I don’t know what it is, but it is a thing.
On a side note, not sure if it's because of my flat feet that both the sole of my feet and the top has been hurting. The chiro I visited said that it's because I didn't use insoles, though I feel like by just continuously strengthening my feet it'll get better?
just take your shoes off, your feet will get plenty strong. No one is realistically ever gonna sit there doing these banal foot exercises where you grip and let go of a towel etc. I used to think I had flat feet, now I realise I just had weak feet. My arches are so much higher and springier after a couple years of regularly running and walking in barefoot shoes. (So not literally taking your shoes off, but removing 95% of the help)
Yep I gotta say - just walking around in barefoot unsupportive shoes during daily life is as effective as strength work. But of course both of them put together is going to be magical - I’ll make a vid next week!
@@mintymilkkthanks mate. I always believed that even with flat feet I’d be able to make them stronger somehow, and hearing you say you’ve done just that made me believe more hahaha
I completely agree with this and have been thinking the same thing for a while, there is no way that pronation is bad when every pro runner does it. Same thing with people living by forefoot/midfoot striking; everyone has different geometries and some people will heel strike naturally and it’s completely fine
Shoe shops have been putting me into support/stability shoes since 2018 and I always gave up running because of picking up injury's. The last pair being a gt4000 they were horrible and threw in the towel and switched to novablast 4 Paris . Since then no injury's and I keep smashing pbs and doing longer distances . I wish I would of trusted myself instead of the person the shoe shop , I've lost so much time
Im gonna take your words with a grain of salt as I do with the orthotics and stability people. Most likely the best way to go is in between those two thinking.
Quick question is there anything I can do to speed up the healing of my plantar plate injury? I know it IS healing as I'm no longer getting any pain/weird feelings in my toes when running and I can even walk around barefoot now with minimal discomfort but hopping barefoot is still out of the question (and this video is making me very jealous). It's been there SOOOOOO long now 🙄
Work on a two day cycle - load it up then let it adapt - and repeat. It’s annoying but gotta be patient and slowly build up. I’m a fan of the fasciitis fighter - might be worth purchasing!
Aye, I started going to a running shop, he said yeah you defo need stability shoes, okay grand. Ended up buying random non-stability shoes ever since, had exactly the same injury rate or better than with the stability shoe
@@snakeysstyle783 mostly minor things like tendonitis, which I think is down to weak glutes and ab/adductors, and a couple calf strains. all of these happened with stability shoes and without, neither due to the shoe I think, more overuse and weakness.
To go off this - orthotics is a scam. Putting plates in your shoes to set your foot in the arbitrarily "correct" position won't help your feet and lower chain develop the right muscle adaptations to change (not "fix") any issues that might be stemming from improper muscle development that is typically apparent in "improper" form. The thing that the foot doctor said, when I was 13 or so, that got me really thinking was something along the lines of "if you don't have any pain anywhere from your flat feet, you don't really need the orthotics". He said they were more of a preventative measure, but even 8 years before I started my engineering degree, I concluded that orthotics don't do anything - YOU have to put in the to train your muscles to work differently. And heck if your form looks terrible but you're not in pain and you're performing really well, there's no reason to change it.
In the same I was out in stiff carbon insoles at age 15 or something and had horrible back issues until I stopped wearing them
0:36 That position of ur knee bent and the other normally sitting, is one of the worst things to habitually do. As soon as I stopped doing that, I stopped getting pain in my legs running. I don’t know what it is, but it is a thing.
lol probably not good if I were to sit like this all the time for sure
Time for a feet strengthening video 😎
On a side note, not sure if it's because of my flat feet that both the sole of my feet and the top has been hurting. The chiro I visited said that it's because I didn't use insoles, though I feel like by just continuously strengthening my feet it'll get better?
just take your shoes off, your feet will get plenty strong. No one is realistically ever gonna sit there doing these banal foot exercises where you grip and let go of a towel etc. I used to think I had flat feet, now I realise I just had weak feet. My arches are so much higher and springier after a couple years of regularly running and walking in barefoot shoes. (So not literally taking your shoes off, but removing 95% of the help)
Yep I gotta say - just walking around in barefoot unsupportive shoes during daily life is as effective as strength work. But of course both of them put together is going to be magical - I’ll make a vid next week!
@@PeakStridecan’t wait for it!
@@mintymilkkthanks mate. I always believed that even with flat feet I’d be able to make them stronger somehow, and hearing you say you’ve done just that made me believe more hahaha
2:41 don't tell bubbles
I completely agree with this and have been thinking the same thing for a while, there is no way that pronation is bad when every pro runner does it. Same thing with people living by forefoot/midfoot striking; everyone has different geometries and some people will heel strike naturally and it’s completely fine
As long is it’s pain free then fair play!
Shoe shops have been putting me into support/stability shoes since 2018 and I always gave up running because of picking up injury's. The last pair being a gt4000 they were horrible and threw in the towel and switched to novablast 4 Paris . Since then no injury's and I keep smashing pbs and doing longer distances . I wish I would of trusted myself instead of the person the shoe shop , I've lost so much time
Oh and I also picked up some minimal shoes from Saguaro to do all my walking in.
We have all been there mate!
Im gonna take your words with a grain of salt as I do with the orthotics and stability people. Most likely the best way to go is in between those two thinking.
Fair enough! Thanks for watching 👍
Quick question is there anything I can do to speed up the healing of my plantar plate injury? I know it IS healing as I'm no longer getting any pain/weird feelings in my toes when running and I can even walk around barefoot now with minimal discomfort but hopping barefoot is still out of the question (and this video is making me very jealous). It's been there SOOOOOO long now 🙄
Work on a two day cycle - load it up then let it adapt - and repeat. It’s annoying but gotta be patient and slowly build up.
I’m a fan of the fasciitis fighter - might be worth purchasing!
Aye, I started going to a running shop, he said yeah you defo need stability shoes, okay grand. Ended up buying random non-stability shoes ever since, had exactly the same injury rate or better than with the stability shoe
Interesting!
What’s the injury?
@@snakeysstyle783 mostly minor things like tendonitis, which I think is down to weak glutes and ab/adductors, and a couple calf strains. all of these happened with stability shoes and without, neither due to the shoe I think, more overuse and weakness.