Looking for tennis shoe for Overpronator?

[dirkgnuf]

I'm in the market for some tennis shoes, and I happen to have flat feet and I overpronate. What shoes would be suitable to wear, and does anyone think I should also but orthotics to help too?
Thanks

 

[fastdunn]

Yes, orthotics definitely induce less pronating.
You should look for stability shoes. Actually something
called Motion Control shoes are more recommended but
I don't think you get real MC shoes unless you buy running shoes.
Running shoes does not have lateral stability as strong as tennis shoes.
Therefore you probably have to find stability shoes in tennis domain.

Recently I found Adidas Barricade III very stable(most stable among
shoes I've tried). I also found some orthotics called Spenco
very good (just $30-40 in sporting goods store,
even better than $500 custom othrotics prescribed
by foot doctors, IMO) With these combo, I hardly feel pain or any
discomfort. I feel my footings are very stable.

Barricade III is somewhat bulky. If you more nimble shoes,
find low-to-the ground satble shoes and use orthotics.

Mid top shoes are not necessarily better. Just find most stable
and comfortable shoes for your feet.

Good luck.
A fellow over-pronater..

 

[TREX]

Which Spenco Inserts are yo using?

I am using the KSwiss shoes and they seem pretty stable/-

 

[dirkgnuf]

Fastdunn, can you specifically tell me what kind of orthotic you got? I once tried something called superfeet and something with a graphite arch, those both seemed pretty good

 

[dirkgnuf]

How about this, what insoles would you reccomend that I use?
Superfeet? Spenco? Lynco? Sofsole? Sorbothane? I know that graphite arches help, but would they be too rigid and hard for tennis?

 

[dirkgnuf]

What brand and kind of orthotics or insoles have any of you other guys used?

 

[fastdunn]

I happen to like Spenco but I think any orthotics with
very firm support works just fine.
Custom orthotics prescribed by doctor supposed to
work best but I personally don't see see much difference.
You just have to try and see how you like them.

Another thing is that some shoes come with
narrow platform and orthotics would raise
the bottom too much.
SOme shoes jsut come with wide inner bottom(?)
and minimal arch support and actually they are
better shoes to use orthotics on...

 

[Kabob190]

I got custom orthotics from my doctor. They gave me blisters every time i wore them. At first i thought it was the shoes so i returned those but i still got blisters. My mom is pretty pissed because she had to spend some money on those even with insurance. I dunno what she is gonna do, probably call the doctor and see why this is happening.

 

[dirkgnuf]

Hmm...for all you superfeet users out there, what kind of superfeet did you buy for your tennis shoes? One more thing, have any of your guys ever used graphite arch outsoles in tennis shoes?