27/10/2018
Anti-shock soles for all?
Precisely, the anti-shock soles can help us reduce and distribute the loads on the foot. And, in fact, as we showed you in this video, a 75-kilo person running in a marathon carries a load greater than 7,800 tons, which equates to 37 elephants per kilometer.
Although long-distance runners travel longer distances, sprinters are also strongly recommended to use anti-shock soles as they suffer from increased muscle tension and their bodies also show the impact of each stride. Remember that already the mere fact of walking alone generates a huge impact on our lower limbs. So imagine what can happen in a race, where our feet hit the ground with even more force and we make a lot of strides per minute!
It is for all these reasons, as we have already pointed out, that the anti-shock soles can help us absorb some of these negative vibrations that are transmitted in the body at each stride and that affect not only the foot, but also the ankle or knee.
To cushion the impact, we must use anti-shock soles whose properties have actually been certified. Among the scientific tests carried out for this purpose, the drop test has demonstrated that viscoelastic materials such as NOENE absorb up to 92% of the energy ***.