This was the second pair of New Balance shoes that I purchased for my husband for his knee replacement post-surgery ":re-boot" ...pun intended....this pair,  like the other, was a nice looking shoe, it was too soft, and didn't provide sufficient support.  I thought I was circumventing the need to spend countless hours with him at numerous outlet and athletic shoe stores, but alas, after purchasing these shoes as well, we are outward bound to shoe stores to get the perfect pair that will be "just right."