Heel pain and Haglunds deformity 14

The modified shoe of professional soccer player Philippe Coutinho photographed in 2017. Though Coutinho has never confirmed this, this shoe modification could be to relieve Haglund’s deformity. The next year, in 2018, Coutinho had updated shoes, custom Nike Mercurial Vapor 11’s where the outer liner of the shoe appears to cover a hole in the harder shoe lining. Image: Anfieldhq.com

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Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.