RFXCrunner wrote:
That all depends on your foot and which inserts you're talking about. Do you have foot and lower leg problems while running?
Bottom line- the inserts that come in shoes are junk, they do almost nothing. If you're wearing the right shoes, and you don't have injury issues, you shouldn't need anything extra. If your feel are feeling beat up, are our shoes still good, or do then need to be replaced? All of the cushioning in the shoe is in the midsole, new squishy insoles will only mask a worn out shoe.
IME, the only insoles that are worth anything are products like Superfeet, that have an actual supportive plate in them. And those are only really useful if you're an overpronator (which, statistically, 70%+ of you are).
Superfeet and Sole are really good if someone has problems.
There are some "junky" inserts (Dr. Scholls gel something and the like) that work well enough for me in daily footwear by adding just a little lift under my arch. But they wouldn't be good enough for much running unless the correction needed was very very minimal - they compress too much to do much.
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