Parents whose children demand the latest Nike or Adidas trainers may be better off buying old-fashioned plimsolls（橡胶底帆布鞋） because they encourage a healthier style of running, researchers claim.
Big companies, like Nike and Adidas, make millions of dollars from selling thick-soled, highly-cushioned trainers both as fashion and sports shoes. The researchers warn that wearing such shoes from an early age can make it difficult to run in a natural and healthy way. Once we have grown used to running in trainers it is very difficult to alter our technique, even if we change or remove our shoes, and can even raise the risk of injury.
Children should be encouraged to wear shoes with thin, flexible soles such as plimsolls from a young age to help them develop a natural "barefoot（赤脚的）" running style, experts said.
Dr Mick Wilkinson, who undertook the research, told the British Science Festival in Newcastle:“If I was to advise someone on what to give their child I would say don’t go and buy them expensive Adidas or Nike big-cushioned jobs, just get them a pair of flexible, flat shoes. Give them basic foot-ware, nothing fancy, nothing structured, nothing particularly cushioned. There is a lot of evidence that the human foot is structured to cope with the forces of running by landing on the mid-foot.’’
Running in flat shoes, even better still, barefoot, encourages the runner to use the front of their foot which is a better technique for running, especially long distances as the human was designed to do.
Around the world, and in particular in the US, running barefoot is becoming increasingly popular with many long distance runners training without shoes.
Dr Wilkinson believes that training and running barefoot or in flat running shoes can help reduce injuries to runners, saying: “Injury rates in running have not changed since the 1970s, despite claims of improvements in running shoes. That has led some to conclude that barefoot running is better.”
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