1) I haven't tried the Nike shoes, but I'm pretty biased against them, since there hasn't been a Nike rollout yet that wasn't geared more towards selling shoes and less towards actual innovation.
2) Perhaps people are reporting more injuries because they're paying more attention? Plus, there are simply more people running.
3) Plus, they are running more on cement and treadmill than dirt trails now.
4) The whole "running on the balls of your feet" thing? Unnatural. Small children can get away with it when they weigh 30 lbs. When you weigh 200 lbs., you don't want all that weight on a 3-inch wide strip of foot-- it's like running in high heels. It also puts a lot more stress on your ankles, which are far weaker on many people than knees and Achilles tendons.
5) Shoe manufacturers use the same models for their shoe forms, so if your foot doesn't fit, the shoe won't fit, either. Less formed shoes fit a wider range of feet. Perhaps bad-fitting shoes are more the problem than shoes that offer substantial ankle and arch support?
I have almost as many opinions on this as you do on autism! :)
2) Perhaps people are reporting more injuries because they're paying more attention? Plus, there are simply more people running.
3) Plus, they are running more on cement and treadmill than dirt trails now.
4) The whole "running on the balls of your feet" thing? Unnatural. Small children can get away with it when they weigh 30 lbs. When you weigh 200 lbs., you don't want all that weight on a 3-inch wide strip of foot-- it's like running in high heels. It also puts a lot more stress on your ankles, which are far weaker on many people than knees and Achilles tendons.
5) Shoe manufacturers use the same models for their shoe forms, so if your foot doesn't fit, the shoe won't fit, either. Less formed shoes fit a wider range of feet. Perhaps bad-fitting shoes are more the problem than shoes that offer substantial ankle and arch support?