Recommended runners for a flat footer?

Trotter

Having been to a chiropodist lately, she told me I need to rethink the runners I wear because Im very flat footed.

Can anyone here who is similar to that recommend a brand/type of runners that you find good?

I'm in the South East but Im going to make a trip to Amphibian King on Sunday to see what they say.

osnola ibax

http://www.trendbird.co.kr/attach/1/1397917355.jpg

RJC

If you don't have any leg or joint pain at the moment then why change your existing brand?

From my understanding the foot arch is a shock absorber which flexes to cushion the leg and to store energy. A very flat arch can lead to gross over pronation. If you don't have a great arch they'll most likely tell you you need 'stability' shoes which (because of their design) will shove a wedge of hard plastic into your arch - this will give you blisters on your arch at best and chronic joint pain at worst.

I don't have the greatest arch in the world but I finally (after about 18 months of the wrong shoes and physio bills) found that I need cushioning shoes to compensate for the arch and only very slight ankle stability (a pair of green super feet insoles did the trick) for mile pronation.

In many shops flat arches = sell him/her stability shoes.

Trotter

Yeah I tried Asics Kayano before but they gave me bad blisters under the arches. I'll give Amphibian King a shot anyway and see is there anything better available than the runners I have. If not, I'll get the same again.

RJC

Same experience with the Kayanos for me. I then moved to 2120s and ended up in New Balance. I had wide flattish feet with very little pronation. I needed cushioning.

BTW - I got some advice on exercises to improve your arches from my physio - you can do it while driving. I suppose it helped as well.

Mr Freeze

I have flat feet too, and was suffering from Shin Splints as a result

I got New Balance 859s, they have a lot of arch support, and I have found them great, Highly recommend them.

I couldn't find any better link on the net, sorry!
http://www.runthema.com/imglib/newbalance/shoes/mr859eu.jpg

Peckham

I have the flattest feet around and was getting lots of hip and knee pain as a result. Remedy for me was Brooks Adrenaline plus orthotics.

happy_73

Using asics 2140. Have been using the 21x0 range for a few years now and very happy, great arch support. Both of my arches in both feet are flat (only found out we have 2 arches in each foot recently!!!).

S

jon1981

i couldnt run 1km without burning arches and pain... i can know run 7k+

i bought these in amphibian king

http://www.amphibianking.ie/product_info.php?cPath=21_24&products_id=81

currythis

I have really flat feet and when I was in the army I had a fair bit of knee and hip pain,I was recommended to go see a doctor who took scans of my feet and he got a pair of custom orthotics for me,did the trick,pain free for almost two years now,was a bit sore wearing them at first but that passed after a few weeks.

rainbow kirby

I have pancake-flat feet and overpronate much more heavily on my left side than my right, I wear Kayano 15's with a small heel lift, but am considering a change of shoes.

thirstywork

RJC wrote: »

If you don't have any leg or joint pain at the moment then why change your existing brand?

From my understanding the foot arch is a shock absorber which flexes to cushion the leg and to store energy. A very flat arch can lead to gross over pronation. If you don't have a great arch they'll most likely tell you you need 'stability' shoes which (because of their design) will shove a wedge of hard plastic into your arch - this will give you blisters on your arch at best and chronic joint pain at worst.

I don't have the greatest arch in the world but I finally (after about 18 months of the wrong shoes and physio bills) found that I need cushioning shoes to compensate for the arch and only very slight ankle stability (a pair of green super feet insoles did the trick) for mile pronation.

In many shops flat arches = sell him/her stability shoes.

firstly some people who have flat feet will not over pronate,it does happen but not very often(there are shoes for this)
I disagree with what RJC says about blisters and hard plastic wedges.If you understood the technolgy of the shoesyou wouldn't think this.
flat feet for me generaly will be put in a shoe with a linear platform an not a universal platform of a neutral shoe which will feel comfy but will just ad to the pronation issues and provide little support.
good luck with your shoe choice.
mizuno=alchemy(very light so will not suit everyone
brooks=beast,savage shoe and actually more comfy than it looks
asics=foundation,nice shoe with nice width in the toe box for an asics shoe
nike=equalon,not a big fan but if you like nike then you will like this

Trotter

Thanks for all the help! I'm booked in for the weekend so I hope they'll be good at recommending the right one from the selection there. I'll write down all the suggested ones here too.