{"id":516,"date":"2015-04-07T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drrosemariecaillier.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2024-04-11T19:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T00:31:16","slug":"are-your-shoes-affecting-your-game-what-to-look-for-to-play-it-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/are-your-shoes-affecting-your-game-what-to-look-for-to-play-it-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Shoes Affecting Your Game? What to Look For to Play It Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sport-specific shoes are recommended if you participate in a certain sport at least 2 to 3 times per week.\u00a0 Wearing a pair of athletic shoes that do not provide the proper support needed for a particular sport can lead to problems.\u00a0 The latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apma.org\/\">American Podiatric Medical Association<\/a> campaign &#8220;Play it Safe&#8221; is teaching the public how to purchase sport-specific shoes.\u00a0 They have provided the following educational poster to help people know what to look for in each shoe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_517\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/APMA-Play-It-Safe-Fact-Sheet-page-001-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"APMA Play It Safe. How to Select the Sport-Specific Athletic Shoes\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">APMA Play It Safe. How to Select the Sport-Specific Athletic Shoes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASKETBALL, TENNIS, AND VOLLEYBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common Foot or Ankle Injuries: sprains, stress fractures, Achilles tendonitis<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Footwear Should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a thick, stiff sole that provides support for impact.<\/li>\n<li>Have high ankle construction that supports the ankle during quick changes in direction (for basketball).<\/li>\n<li>Be lighter, have less midsole support, and contain a sole more responsive to quick starts and stops (for vollyball).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FOOTBALL AND LACROSSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common Foot or Ankle Injuries: turf toe, Achilles tendonitis, ankle sprains, midfoot sprains<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Footwear Should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a good amount of high ankle support. This support is especially important for linemen and other players who make frequent lateral movements during play.<\/li>\n<li>Allow for proper traction on a grassy field, in both wet and dry conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Never be hand-me-downs; ill-fitting cleats increase the risk of ankle injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOCCER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common Foot or Ankle Injuries: ankle sprains, turf toe, ingrown toenails, Sever&#8217;s disease<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Footwear Should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a good-quality footbed, which can help provide proper support for the arch and user&#8217;s foot type.<\/li>\n<li>Feature the stud type for the ground that will be played on most often: soft, hard, firm, or turf.<\/li>\n<li>Use molded rubber cleats rather than the screw-on variety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common Foot or Ankle Injuries: sprains, stress fractures, plantar fasciitis, tendonitis<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Footwear Should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer support to prevent arch pain, which frequently affects catchers. Customized shoe inserts called orthoses can be prescribed by podiatrists to help alleviate the\u00a0 pain.<\/li>\n<li>Not include metal baseball spikes for athletes younger than 13.<\/li>\n<li>Try multi-cleats for children ages 11-15 to avoid heel pain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RUNNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common Foot or Ankle Injuries: plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, Morton&#8217;s neuroma, stress fractures<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Footwear Should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide shock absorption to help runners avoid injury. Running shoes are made for high-impact forward motion and should not be used for sports with lateral movement.<\/li>\n<li>Match your foot&#8217;s arch type (high, medium, low). A podiatric physician can measure your feet and let you know what type to look for.<\/li>\n<li>Be replaced after 600-800 miles of running or walking, or every 6-8 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are suffering from a foot injury and need a podiatrist in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area, give our office a call.\u00a0 We will be more than happy to treat your foot pain and to advise you on proper footwear to help keep you in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sport-specific shoes are recommended if you participate in a certain sport at least 2 to 3 times per week.\u00a0 Wearing a pair of athletic shoes that do not provide the proper support needed for a particular sport can lead to problems.\u00a0 The latest American Podiatric Medical Association campaign &#8220;Play it Safe&#8221; is teaching the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,27,30,31,23],"tags":[114,113,121,115,89,106,118,119,53,123,48,120,122,112,116,90,117],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens-feet","category-exercise-fitness","category-footwear","category-shoes","category-sports-medicine","tag-american-podiatric-medical-association","tag-athletic-shoes","tag-baseball","tag-basketball","tag-dr-rosemarie-caillier","tag-foot-pain","tag-football","tag-lacrosse","tag-national-foot-health-awareness-month","tag-running","tag-shoes-2","tag-soccer","tag-softball","tag-sports-medicine","tag-tennis","tag-tuscaloosa-podiatrist","tag-volleyball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/1488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crimsonfootcare.com\/staging\/3867\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}