Your stride matters!

Do you suffer from sore feet, aching knees or pain up your legs. It may be after walking or running or a day on your feet.

Sometimes the underlying issue is 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.

Start Here: Understand Your Stride

If you’re new to pronation, begin with these steps.

Step 1 — Identify your pronation type

Step 2 — Learn what influences your stride

Step 3 — Choose footwear that works with your gait

The OutwardStride approach

OutwardStride focuses on tools, and real-world experiences and choices to help you understand and manage your stride. The site is built around a three-part approach.

1. Diagnosis

Understand your natural foot movement and identify any potential issues.

• identify your likely pronation type

• explore the examples of experts who can provide tailored, professional advice

2. Lifestyle

Identify habits and activities that may support - or strain - your stride.

Explore how everyday factors can influence pronation, including:

• sports and physical activity

• walking and standing patterns

3. Footwear

Choose shoes that work with your natural movement rather than go against it.

Learn about:

• features of neutral shoes

• shoes designed for overpronation

• selecting footwear suited to your stride.

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.

Tools and checklists

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