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I'm sure this is where almost all of my injury problems lie and I'm getting fed up now...
Not long after running the London marathon last year, I started getting a lot of pain in my feet whilst running. It then started when I was walking as well. I spoke to my GP who told me it's because my feet are flat and I need to have some insoles.
I can walk pain free. But running is a different matter. I've changed my running shoes, as advised by the lady who does my sports massage. But usually 2 weeks after I've had a massage, (I have them every 4 weeks roughly) the pain starts again.
I will check if my shoes do need replacing; but I don't think they do quite need replacing yet.
Suggestions?
Might as well go see a specialist and get some custom orthotics made. I also am cursed with very flat feet and used to run with custom orthotics throughout high school (03-07), but then stopped running mostly throughout college and haven't really gone back to them (I'm being cheap). I've been luckily enough able to log 40 + mpw without issue for quite some time now. I have been running with the Saucony Omni for as long as I can remember. Just this morning I added the Saucony ISO Triumph 2 to help rotate shoes.
You might also want to go to your local running store and have a Gait analysis done to make sure you in fact are using the proper shoe.
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