Lately, Nike has been coming out with overly flexible shoes that cause Plantar fasciitis. Why?

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Lately Nike has been coming out with overly flexible shoes that cause plantar fasciitis. Shoes like the hyperize and the new hyperdunk 2010 have no torsional rigidity. You can literally bend those shoes in half. I understand the need to not wear a heavy shoe but don't come out with something that can hurt a player. While it is ok for a shoe to have some flex at the toe. For a shoe to bend in half is just unacceptable.  I remember Professor K giving an example of this in one AI's Reebok shoes. I miss the shoes with the Carbon Fiber Spring plate such as the zoom kobe1, jordan xi, jordan xii, jordan xix. It doesn't even have to be carbon fiber spring plate, the Zoom Flight 95 had excellent rigidity and it was a plastic shank plate. Common sense says a shoe isn't suppose to bend in half. No wonder the head trainer of the Pistons banned the Nike Hyperize from being worn.  Also if you noticed on the Bulls both James Johnson and Taj Gibson got plantar fasciitis from wearing the Hyperize. When that happened, James wore the Jordan retro XII which has excellent torsional rigidity. When I tried the Hyperdunk 2010 in the store, I liked everything about it except for the lack of torsional rigidity.  I wish Nike would go back to putting out shoes that don't bend in half.
 
Lately Nike has been coming out with overly flexible shoes that cause plantar fasciitis. Shoes like the hyperize and the new hyperdunk 2010 have no torsional rigidity. You can literally bend those shoes in half. I understand the need to not wear a heavy shoe but don't come out with something that can hurt a player. While it is ok for a shoe to have some flex at the toe. For a shoe to bend in half is just unacceptable.  I remember Professor K giving an example of this in one AI's Reebok shoes. I miss the shoes with the Carbon Fiber Spring plate such as the zoom kobe1, jordan xi, jordan xii, jordan xix. It doesn't even have to be carbon fiber spring plate, the Zoom Flight 95 had excellent rigidity and it was a plastic shank plate. Common sense says a shoe isn't suppose to bend in half. No wonder the head trainer of the Pistons banned the Nike Hyperize from being worn.  Also if you noticed on the Bulls both James Johnson and Taj Gibson got plantar fasciitis from wearing the Hyperize. When that happened, James wore the Jordan retro XII which has excellent torsional rigidity. When I tried the Hyperdunk 2010 in the store, I liked everything about it except for the lack of torsional rigidity.  I wish Nike would go back to putting out shoes that don't bend in half.
 
obviously for cost cutting reasons. let make a shoe half out of plastic and call it "flywire" = profit
 
obviously for cost cutting reasons. let make a shoe half out of plastic and call it "flywire" = profit
 
Carbon fiber doesn't always prevent bending in the arch, and sometimes it just breaks. My Kobe II's bend at the arch very easily.
 
Carbon fiber doesn't always prevent bending in the arch, and sometimes it just breaks. My Kobe II's bend at the arch very easily.
 
Correction, Nike shoes can contribute to Plantar issues. I personally believe that Nike has been making shoddy shoes anyway. Once and while they make something really good, but as of late, it is mostly a miss.
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Plantar FasciitisFont SizeA A A Cause
Exactly what causes plantar fasciitis is not well understood. But it probably develops as the result of repeated small tears in the plantar fascia . Normally when you walk, your plantar fascia stretches as your foot strikes the ground. If the plantar fascia is strained by the way you walk or by repeated stress, it can become weak, swollen, and irritated (inflamed), and it can hurt when you stand or walk.

Conditions or activities that may lead to plantar fasciitis include:

Factors that affect how the feet work (biomechanical factors). These include abnormal inward twisting or rolling of the foot (pronation ), high arches, flat feet, tight calf muscles, or tight tendons at the back of the heel (Achilles tendons). Excessive pronation is a common cause of plantar fasciitis.
Repetitive activities, such as jobs that require prolonged walking or standing on hard or irregular surfaces or sports such as running.
Factors that put extra stress on the feet, such as being overweight or wearing shoes that are poorly cushioned, don't fit well, or are worn out.
The natural process of aging. Plantar fasciitis is most common in middle-aged adults.
In rare cases, a single injury to the foot.
 
Correction, Nike shoes can contribute to Plantar issues. I personally believe that Nike has been making shoddy shoes anyway. Once and while they make something really good, but as of late, it is mostly a miss.
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Plantar FasciitisFont SizeA A A Cause
Exactly what causes plantar fasciitis is not well understood. But it probably develops as the result of repeated small tears in the plantar fascia . Normally when you walk, your plantar fascia stretches as your foot strikes the ground. If the plantar fascia is strained by the way you walk or by repeated stress, it can become weak, swollen, and irritated (inflamed), and it can hurt when you stand or walk.

Conditions or activities that may lead to plantar fasciitis include:

Factors that affect how the feet work (biomechanical factors). These include abnormal inward twisting or rolling of the foot (pronation ), high arches, flat feet, tight calf muscles, or tight tendons at the back of the heel (Achilles tendons). Excessive pronation is a common cause of plantar fasciitis.
Repetitive activities, such as jobs that require prolonged walking or standing on hard or irregular surfaces or sports such as running.
Factors that put extra stress on the feet, such as being overweight or wearing shoes that are poorly cushioned, don't fit well, or are worn out.
The natural process of aging. Plantar fasciitis is most common in middle-aged adults.
In rare cases, a single injury to the foot.
 
This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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Originally Posted by KeonClark7

This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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uh, *!@?!?!? i cant even imagine my feet bending like that. I'm so glad i didn't pick up the hyperize. And i was on the edge of getting HD 2010, but i've seen alot of reports of issues with the toe flexing abnormal. Now i can see what all the hoopla is about. smh at nike. 
 
Originally Posted by KeonClark7

This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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uh, *!@?!?!? i cant even imagine my feet bending like that. I'm so glad i didn't pick up the hyperize. And i was on the edge of getting HD 2010, but i've seen alot of reports of issues with the toe flexing abnormal. Now i can see what all the hoopla is about. smh at nike. 
 
It's crazy, I never had any foot problems until I started using my 5.0 Free's for more than light running. I'd end up with some pain in my left foot for a couple days, wouldn't be able to step without some kind of pain.
 
It's crazy, I never had any foot problems until I started using my 5.0 Free's for more than light running. I'd end up with some pain in my left foot for a couple days, wouldn't be able to step without some kind of pain.
 
i never had any foot problems until i started to wear the Kobe IV's religiously. now my right foot has the fasciitis. i'm still not giving up my IV's though.
 
i never had any foot problems until i started to wear the Kobe IV's religiously. now my right foot has the fasciitis. i'm still not giving up my IV's though.
 
Originally Posted by KeonClark7

This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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Holy $%$+ those pics are crazy....I dont think I've ever seen a shoe so distorted from a natural basketball motion

  
 
Originally Posted by KeonClark7

This is why the Hyperize twists so easily... the arch plate is SO narrow. Something that narrow can't resist torsional twisting. Also, with little rubber under the arch aswell, there's even less material to resist twisting. The arch plate should span the width of the shoe. This could explain James Johnson and Taj Gibson's plantar fasciitis.

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Holy $%$+ those pics are crazy....I dont think I've ever seen a shoe so distorted from a natural basketball motion

  
 
truth is nike is making the newer models for the nba players, before a game they are tapping their ankles and even adding there own insoles to the models so when they ask kobe and durant what they want in a shoe they are only thinking about losing ankle support and making the shoe lighter, nike then cuts the ankle suport and midsole support to make the shoe lighter, I had my ankles tapped before and it almost feels like a light cast around your foot and ankle.

with that being said my friend is on the heavy side and he plays in the kobe v's and he gets shin splints and shoes hurt his feet, its not built for him he needs to wear lebrons or older nike models.
 
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