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Running Shoes

OnionMomma
OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
edited January 2 in Fitness and Exercise
I know everyone hear says they go get fitted. Here's my question.

I have a moderate plantar heel spur in my right foot. Should I just go get fitted by a running store and see if that stops my poor old lady hobble I do in the mornings?

Or

Should I go to a phsyio doctor and have him fit me and test me to see if I need an orthotic for my shoes?

Did just getting fitted at a running store completely STOP the pain in the mornings?

I get about 6 weeks or so into some really good running and then have to stop because I can't walk.

Talked to my PCP and he says just to go see the physio doctor (doctor of physical therapy).

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  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    Anyone?
  • daylily2005
    daylily2005 Posts: 203 Member
    Generally, people at running stores are just people like you and me who have learned what to look for and how you should be walking/running etc., and fitting you with shoes. If you have a medical issue, I would let someone who is trained in that area help you out with the proper shoes.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I agree, med issue means go to a med pro not just a running store.
  • OnionMomma
    OnionMomma Posts: 938 Member
    Thanks. I talked to a couple of people at church who run alot. One does half marathons and the other marathons and they both thought it was OK to just go to a running store.

    I think I will make an apt. with the Physio. Docotor and see what he says. That way he will know exactly what to do for certain.

    I was just worried that I would spend my money to buy really expensive shoes and then end up in the same place I am now.
  • daylily2005
    daylily2005 Posts: 203 Member
    I've been having some problems with my ankle and had my physical therapist check out the shoes I was going to buy when I replaced my old running shoes. But I had just overworked my tendons...didn't actually have a medical problem with my gait or foot or anything. Safest bet is going with the doctor, then the shoe store. More than likely your doc will have specific recommendations (and help you find a shoe) or send you to the running store with specific features to get....then go back and see him/her with your new shoes to double check. :)
  • NicoleNeverman
    NicoleNeverman Posts: 41
    I would suggust going to the store first, especially because it doesn't cost anything and they will know whether or not you should see the physio at all or if you just need better shoes.
  • hollyNhollywood
    hollyNhollywood Posts: 426 Member
    I just got fitted. It wasn't nearly as involved as I thought it would be. He had me run on a treadmill for 30 seconds, then showed me a playback/freezeframe of my foot coming down on the treadmill. Which just showed that I'm "normal", I don't lean in one way or the other, so I chose a "normal" shoe. (sidenote: I wonder if fittings are always so basic?)

    It sounds like you need more than something so basic. I'd go to the dr.
  • Crosbinium
    Crosbinium Posts: 415 Member
    I would actually suggest doing both! Get fitted for the proper running shoe type for you gait and then go visit the orthopedic doctor to get the insert that is needed for that foot. A good running shoe shoes be designed to accept ortho inserts.

    I was fitted this summer with a pair of motion control running shoes to correct my overpronation and my plantar fascitis cleared up. First time in YEARS that I have been able to walk 5 miles without pain.
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