Tales from a Tennis Shoe - Sole Pathology

Before you buy that next pair of tennis shoes, throw out your old ones or set them aside for yard work, you may want to turn those dogs over and take a close look at them. 

Chances are they still have enough life in them to tell you something about your body, your foot placement/gait and perhaps your tennis footwork in the most mechanical sense, not how fleet, agile and nimble you are on court.

I want to keep this article basic and as a bit of awareness because this topic can be very complex, but most definitely warrants attention.

I don't know when feet began to be referred to loosely, jokingly or affectionately as dogs, but they are. Our feet have been dogged out since we stood from a crawl and took our first step, or tried to. Our brains and hands set us apart from the other animals and are our task masters, but our feet get used and abused beginning each day when we first crawl, leap or fall out of bed.

First, if you have a pair (with a fair amount of wear) of casual shoes or walking shoes you don't run, juke or jive in, or a pair of running shoes you only run in, take a look at the soles for wear, from heaviest to least. Then take a look at the following link. This information is from a foot care product provider and we found their information on the topic to be well explained and easy to digest.

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