Which shoe brand has caused you or people you know the most injuries?

Nike Nike Nike.

Ankles, shins, knees.

Never been injured in Nikes. Use 6 different models. Brooks, ASICS, Karhu have done me in.

Karhu? Really? Karhu's are pretty minimalist, basic, and good shoes.

Asics are awesome.

I got the worst case of plantar fasciitis from Brooks Beast when I was incorrectly sold them. So not their fault. Never tried their other stuff after that experience though.

Also, it's a dumb topic because different shoes will work for different people. Embrace the variety.

Nike

Literally everyone on my college team's distance squad had some kind of injury or issue whenever our team made the sponsorship switch to PUMA.

Their stuff really is garbage for distance running.

Nike

First it was Air, way back when.

Now, any of them.

Also have never had an injury in nikes-have worn for 7+ years. It really depends on the person. Have tried other brands and always go back to Nike

As a coach:

Nike

Brooks Pure Flow

Hoka One Ones

I mean, who seriously thought that was going to be a good idea? It's a dumb gimmick that has hobby jogger written all over it. No thanks.

None. Shoes don't cause injuries... stupid training + 10-ply athlete causes injuries. You can run in pretty much anything, or nothing at all as some africans do, and turn out fine.

Smart train8ng causes injury just as much as "stupid" training.

Newtons, without a doubt. About 80% of the people I know who've attempted to run in them ended up with some form of a debilitating injury that knocked them out of running for at least two weeks, with an estimated average of six weeks.

I agree with newtons. Terrible calf/Achilles pain

For the kids I coach, the Nike frees are the worst. Kids love them, but they have no support and lead to a plethora of issues in new runners.

Back in the day the Nike shox were pretty notorious for leading to issues

Brooks. At different times tried both the ghost and the adrenaline. Both are weirdly unstable and cause your foot to be strained by odd lateral forces because of the uneven cushioning. Got injured in first week both times, gave shoes away both times, will never buy brooks again.

no question about it wrote:

Hoka One Ones

I mean, who seriously thought that was going to be a good idea? It's a dumb gimmick that has hobby jogger written all over it. No thanks.

This, thankfully I finally realised these things were the source of my issues and torched them.

An early pair of Nikes (Cortez, maybe? I really don't remember) made me a permanent ex-runner, 40+ years ago. I'm still pissed off.

Asics are the worst. My whole team used to run in them, the injury rates were shockingly high. The common ones was weird toe issues, metatarsal stress fractures, and tibial stress fractures. I came to the conclusion that none of there shoes were designed for runners at the elite level, except maybe the flats Ryan Hall used to wear.

Idiots wrote:

None. Shoes don't cause injuries... stupid training + 10-ply athlete causes injuries. You can run in pretty much anything, or nothing at all as some africans do, and turn out fine.

This is not true. I'm a longtime high mileage runner, which means I can tell pretty quickly if a shoe is defective/bad. Shoes can definitely be a culprit behind body issues. I've tried new shoes, developed a problem within a week, and chucked it-- gone back to the tried-and-true shoes that keep me healthy (and body problems resolved). No changes in training. There is likely an adaptation period with any new shoe. However, I've had shoes (~Nikes primarily) that have worked great right out of the box.

I would say that any of the lesser namebrand companies tend to have "quality control issues" with their shoes and have given me the most problems. The namebrand shoes (~Nike, New Balance, Adidas, Brooks) have given me less problems.

If surfaces allowed, I'd run barefoot all the time. Shoes can definitely torque the body unnaturally.