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Originally Posted by tiecollector 
The only problems I ever used to have was with my knees when I used to run a lot at like age 23-24 a couple years back. I was trying to save money by using my old shoes from high school. After a few days my knees killed me. So I went to a pro running store and bought the best shoes for my geometry and walked around in the shoes all day. The pain in my knees went away.
In college I used to wear flip flops and I would get extreme pain in my knees as well from walking miles in those things. Eventually I started walking on my outsole and the pain went away. I've been wearing boat shoes mostly every day for the past couple years and I still walk on my outsole and haven't had any knee problems.
My posture is pretty crappy. I try to stand as upright as possible and this has helped immensely. I should really buy a nice, expensive chair because I am a programmer. I have a bad habit of flexing my stomach too, which my chiropractor called me on when he saw how I was misaligned. I don't do it as much anymore and it has helped.
The whole philosophy of waiting til something is broke to fix it is bad. I thought I was invincible til something as simple as taking Fish Oil made me see how bad off I had become by age 25.
Do you wait for your car to run out of oil before replacing it? Nope. So why do it to your body?
In college I used to wear flip flops and I would get extreme pain in my knees as well from walking miles in those things. Eventually I started walking on my outsole and the pain went away. I've been wearing boat shoes mostly every day for the past couple years and I still walk on my outsole and haven't had any knee problems.
My posture is pretty crappy. I try to stand as upright as possible and this has helped immensely. I should really buy a nice, expensive chair because I am a programmer. I have a bad habit of flexing my stomach too, which my chiropractor called me on when he saw how I was misaligned. I don't do it as much anymore and it has helped.
The whole philosophy of waiting til something is broke to fix it is bad. I thought I was invincible til something as simple as taking Fish Oil made me see how bad off I had become by age 25.
Do you wait for your car to run out of oil before replacing it? Nope. So why do it to your body?
I almost never wore flip-flops until I went to college. Towards the end of a summer, my knees were shot. I didn't quite put 2 and 2 together right away because I figured Crew, running and lifting would have taken a bigger toll. Now, I try to wear flip-flops sparingly, and that's helped.
Same can be said about the running shoes. When the pros at the store tell you they're only good for about 200 miles, they are not kidding. I wouldn't suggest that anyone buy their first few pairs of running shoes at a place like Dicks, go to a real runners shop until you know what you're doing. Good shoes that work for your gait are very important.
There is a great article in the NY Times Sunday Magazine on this: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...5BC0A9629C8B63
