It's Not Your Shoes Killing YOur Back, It's Your Back Killing Your Shoes!

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Excessive wear to the kicks!

Note the different wear patterns on these shoes.
Note the different wear patterns on these shoes.

The poor shoes get all of the blame!

It is a common misconception that buying new shoes will get rid of back, leg, knee or foot pain. This is partly true in that excessive wear to the shoes can add to pain but it isn't the cause. The poor shoes are blamed for pain but rarely given the credit they deserve for having to put up with bearing all of the weight of the body while doing their best to make your feet feel comfortable. Some clever marketers even suggest that you will jump higher, run faster and walk better with certain shoes. Filling a hole in the wall with spackle hides the hole, it doesn't fix it! If you are wearing out your shoes unevenly and prematurely you really need to find out why and fix the problem. Payless doesn't sell new spines, hips, knees or ankles.


Where is your wear?

Grab a pair of well worn shoes and see if you have patterns like this
Grab a pair of well worn shoes and see if you have patterns like this

Green: Inside Front, May experience Groin pain, Inside Knee pain, Same side low back or mid mack pain, Lower shoulder than opposite side, Calf pain, Bunions, Buttocks pain, Toe pain and or Ankle Pain. Also noted is outside ankle sprains,strains and fractures and instability

This is caused by internal rotation of the foot. May have a knock knee appearance

Blue: Outside Front, May experience Groin pain, Outside knee pain, Same side low back or mid mack pain, Lower shoulder than opposite side, Calf pain, Bunions, Buttocks pain, Toe pain and or Ankle Pain. Also noted is outside ankle sprains,strains, fractures and instability

This is caused by internal rotation of the foot and shortened calf muscles

Red: Inside back, May experience Groin pain, Inside knee pain, Opposite side low back or mid back pain, Higher shoulder than opposite side, Calf pain, Heel spurs, Buttocks pain, and or Ankle pain. Also noted is outside inside ankle sprains,strains, fractures and instability , heel spurs,

This is caused by external rotation of the foot . May have knock knee appearance

Yellow: Outside back, May experience Groin pain, Inside knee pain, Opposite side low back or mid back pain, Higher shoulder than opposite side, Calf pain, Heel spurs, Buttocks pain, and or Ankle pain. Also noted is inside ankle sprains,strains, fractures and instability

This is caused by external rotation of the foot and shortened calf muscles. This is most common

If you have found that the wear on your shoes coresponds with the findings indicated you are suffering from biomechanical dysfunction. If left uncorrected youcould be opening yourself up to future injury, pain and arthritis. Please me my blog on the secrets of back pain.

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