Your stride matters!

Do you get sore feet, ankles, or even pain up your legs? It is especially bad after walking or running or a day on your feet?

You may have underlying issues with your stride, or gait.

Whether your feet tend to roll outwards (underpronation), inwards (overpronation), or somewhere in between, your stride can have a big impact - on comfort, injury risk, and even how well your footwear works for you.

Understanding your pronation type can help you make good decisions about activity, footwear, and injury prevention.

The OutwardStride approach

OutwardStride focuses on information and tools to help you understand and manage your stride. The site is built around a three-part approach - Diagnosis > Lifestyle > Footwear

Not sure where to start?

1. If you are not sure if your feet underpronate (supinate), overpronate or are neutral pronation, our Diagnosis section provides an overview of pronation types. And there’s a simple Self-assessment with questions.

2. If you notice pain, or issues following specific activities (such as standing all day at work, playing golf, hiking or running) our Lifestyle section is designed to help you identify factors in your daily activities and habits that may be helping (or hindering) your pronation.

3. If you know your pronation type, go to our Footwear section to explore features of shoes that work with your gait.
   

Putting it all together

When diagnosis, lifestyle, and footwear are considered together, you can make smarter decisions about:

• sports and lifestyle choices

• activity levels

• footwear

• injury prevention.

Over time, this approach can help you track changes in your stride and reduce the risk of pronation-related discomfort and injury.

Tools and checklists

Use the links below to explore the tools and checklists in each area.