Heel strike running was found to be not only incredibly injurious on even grounds, it was found to dramatically increase eccentrc loading and mechanical demands on the foot and leg, but especially the knee was found to be most sensitive to injury when landing heel-first when running uphill.
More research confirms that thick cushioned running shoes are not a quick fix for injury because they consistently fail to absorb impact and reduce other physical stressors, regardless of foot strike type. So, if you land with a forefoot strike, which is the safest, lightest foot strike pattern in running, you will still generate greater-than-normal impacts in thickly cushioned running shoes as compared with thinner, more barefoot-inspired footwear.
Minimalist running shoes work best for older runners in preventing falls, enabling the feet to become strong to deflect loading and absorb impact without protective running shoes, while making the foot’s bony architecture more tolerable at handling normal loading as compared with thick cushioned running shoes.
Landing with a forefoot strike when running was found to prevent irregularities in your entire mechanics that account for the avoidance of damaging impacts to the knee as compared with heel strike running.
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