If your body is anything like my own, your ankles over-pronate. Often while running your knee falls inwards, causing unequal forces to spread across your legs, especially the knee joint. To make things simple, your foot has trouble stabilizing with the rest of your body and the shock isn't dealed with as it is supposed to be. Over pronation causes un-needed stress to those already hard working muscles, which is not exactly ideal!
Although, if no pain, runners with ankles that over-pronate will have few problems, overpronation can lead to much more serious injuries such as bunions, planters fasciitis, and Achilles tendonitis. I'm no expert, but I do recommend trying out a pair of shoes with excellence arch support, especially one's (and yes, they do make them) that help fight ankle pronation.
Known to some as "suspination," under-pronation is the inward roll of the foot at less than fifteen percent during the landing of the foot while running, which is insufficient. Most of the runner's weight is placed on smaller parts of the foot, such as the "outer" toes, rather than the inner, when one is over-pronating. Much like over-pronation, suspination can lead to planers fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis, as well as iliotibial band syndrome.
I have not had any personal experience with suspination, therefore I cannot give my personal advice or opinion, but according to my research it is best to wear correct footing attire (shoes, socks, support, whatever it takes) as well as stretching your calves, hamstrings, and quads extra well. Also keep track of mileage on your shoes, watch for the wearing of the outer halves of your shoes (which will indicate suspination) and replace your running shoes as often as needed.
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