, lacing your shoes differently can help lock a loose collar around your ankle. Here are five lacing techniques to improve your shoe's fit. Decoupled HeelThis split design in the heel works like a car's independent suspension to isolate the initial strike

tendinitis and gait analysis with a video will show whether your pronation needs treatment.What else could it be?Other more severe injuries to the tendon, lower calf muscle tears or simple heel tab bruising can all produce pain within the tendon

Keep core rigid to avoid movement in the hips and legsHamstring CurlLie face-up, heels in foot cradles under anchor point, hips down, arms at sidesCurl heels to hipsSlowly return to start positionPress heels down throughout movementHamstring RunnerLie face

in its racing repertoire. Fortunately they’re both great shoes. The DS Racer is particularly versatile. It sits low to the ground, so it’s nicely responsive, but it has good resilient cushioning from heel-strike right through to the forefoot. It’s pretty

them to hold the two ECS plates in place. The upper plate cradles the heel to aid stability and cushioning, while the bottom one helps absorb shock.The Teem is Avia’s stability model, and as such has a second density in the EVA midsole and a firmer

of making the long medial post two-density.The firmness of the posting increases gradually from the centre of the heel to the medial side. Brooks calls this “progressive posting,” and it does a good job of improving rearfoot stability by gradually

Normal feet have a normal-sized arch and will leave a wet footprint that has a flare, but shows the forefoot and heel connected by a broad band. A normal foot lands on the outside of the heel and rolls inwards slightly to absorb shock. It’s the foot of a

of the heel, you’ll feel acute tenderness and pain when you move it or even apply light pressure.SignsYour swollen heel may look more red than the other one, and the swelling is often so hard it can feel like bone – partly because it sometimes is, as a bony

’s great in mud, and best of all, the lugs extend right to the heel of the shoe, which makes for a confident heel-strike. It’s comfortable, too: there’s a light, flexible upper that’s designed to let water in and out and dry fast, and smooth cushioning

with technology – including rear- and forefoot cushioning pads and deep flex grooves.Stability is even more of an issue for women runners than it is for men, and along with a slender-heeled fit, that’s the key to the Perpetua. The shoe has a long medial post