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watup nt, i recently had a health care professional come in one my classes as a guest speaker n he made a really interesting point about athletic footwear thatgot me thinking. wat he basically said was that injuries in the body most often result in another area or muscle group being weak, injured and/or restrictedin movement. the main point here is the restricted movement part as in this case basketball shoes wit their carbon fiber, tpu, other plastic, chassis systemetc. as mid foot and toe to heel stability restrict one's foot to move freely without resistance as it is intended to do. the resistance on the foot'smovement results in certain muscles have to overcompensate or have a greater resistance put on them because other muscles are not being used due to certainfoot angles being restricted (make sense?). therefore, as certain muscles are continuously pounded with no help from surrounding muscle for different flexionangles during exercise (ex. basketball) they will eventually become damage and weaken resulting in injury (may be in an area other than the weak muscle asstated before, basically the reasoning is the same...other muscles get more resistance if another muscle is weakened and thus this muscle ca be injured insteadof the initially weakened muscle).
anywayz so my idea was to screw ball shoes n instead get shoes that allow for adequate cushinging, comfort and most importantly allow for free movement ofmy foot with the least resistance....wat type of shoes do this? RUNNING SHOES!!! so im planning is just to get some Asics Nimbus's n ball in those insteadfrom now on. but i will also need to have ankle braces on both ankles as i do lose the ankle support in the switch (is this the only advantage to ballshoes?). LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE IS CURRENTLY DOING THIS OR U JUST HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS. thx for reading.
anywayz so my idea was to screw ball shoes n instead get shoes that allow for adequate cushinging, comfort and most importantly allow for free movement ofmy foot with the least resistance....wat type of shoes do this? RUNNING SHOES!!! so im planning is just to get some Asics Nimbus's n ball in those insteadfrom now on. but i will also need to have ankle braces on both ankles as i do lose the ankle support in the switch (is this the only advantage to ballshoes?). LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE IS CURRENTLY DOING THIS OR U JUST HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS. thx for reading.