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What if your shoes were slowing you down? 🏃‍♀️🚨

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At StrideMatch, we love questioning the obvious. What if the issue wasn’t your legs, your training plan, or your motivation?What i

f what’s holding you back… was right under your feet?

That’s the question we’ve been chasing:

👉 Can your shoes really affect your running form?

👉 And if so – could they be the very thing slowing you down?

The answer is clearer than we thought.




🧠 Every shoe acts like a biomechanical lever

“Shoes change your stride—often without you realizing it,” says François Rivière, a biomechanics engineer at the University of Savoie. “Even small differences in cushioning, stiffness, or heel drop can shift your entire kinetic chain.”

This means:

  • Your calf might overcompensate for a stiff sole

  • A high drop might reduce hamstring engagement

  • An unstable shoe can wear out your stabilizer muscles

The outcome? Poor performance and skyrocketing injury risk. A 2023 ACSM study revealed that 70% of running injuries are worsened by poorly fitted shoes.


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🔬 Running is science. And your feet are unique.

Stridematch uses SmartMorphAI, an AI that analyzes your gait and morphology with millimetric precision—just from a simple smartphone video. It detects:

  • Footstrike type (heel, midfoot, forefoot)

  • Cadence and stride length

  • Hip/knee angles and asymmetries

  • Morphological profile

Then, SmartFitAI searches through 1,200+ shoe models to find your perfect match.


🎯 There is no universal "perfect" shoe—only the right shoe for you

What Stridematch proves is that personalization is everything.Your surface. Your weight. Your form. Your injury history. These variables define what works.

There’s no best shoe—only a shoe that’s best for you.


📉 Shoes influence more than comfort

Wearing the wrong shoe can result in:

  • Up to 6% energy loss (Journal of Sports Sciences, 2022)

  • A 38% higher injury risk (BJSM, 2023)

  • Premature wear on joints and tendons

The right shoe, on the other hand:

✅ Boosts running economy

✅ Reduces joint load

✅ Extends muscle endurance



Maybe better running doesn’t mean harder training. Maybe it just means smarter choices—starting with what you lace up.

With StrideMatch, you’re not running blind. You’re running with data. With science.With shoes that move you forward—not hold you back.

 
 
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