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The Orthotic debate will run for time immemorial.
As below, strengthening exercises can help, as can barefoot training over shorter distances.
Indeed, they have for me, with a similar story to doubleOdavey.
However, they can also be -genuinely- needed, and the correct answer is to see a physiotherapist, not a podiatrist. They can assess the extent of the pronation (assuming it is such) and the need for continued use of the orthotics.FWIW- I used to use a cricket pitch as a place to do sprintervals completely barefoot, which changed my running style and cadence, and has made me relatively injury proof- bar something in my 1st metatarsal that was once a stress fracture.
Aldosterone
In an effort to salvage my 9 month build up to IM 70.3 Cork that I never even got to the start line of, I’ve taken a friends entry for Dublin marathon on Sunday (with enough time to safely build up to the 22 mile training run injury free of course). So assuming there are no issues with “collecting my mates numbers on his behalf” tomorrow, I’ll be lining up in wave 1 on Sunday morning for my first (I say first because I have thoroughly enjoyed focusing on running since August and will 100% do more).
But that’s not the reason for my post. I’ve had custom orthotics for probably the last 15 years, my entire adult life really, and they limited my choice of super shoes (couldn’t fit them into vaporflys). Since I tried them in the nikes I’ve been reading more and more about how custom orthotics are supposed to be a crutch for injury and not permanent, so with a prolonged off season approaching (baby number 2 landing early next year), I’d like to dedicate time to getting away from orthotics, and ideally be completely free of them by the time I next look at running big distances in hopefully 2025.
Does anyone have any good tips on where to start? Am I making an appointment with a physio or a podiatrist to fix it? TIA!