Ron Rosenfeld, a "fit technician" and a store manager at New Balance New Canaan, explains that you should consider what type of foot you have before buying sneakers or shoes.
Depending on what kind of arch you have, you should be getting sneakers with more or less of an arch, he said.
This applies to all types of sneakers, he said, including running shoes, cross training sneakers and "techs".
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