One of the only ways to prevent ankle injury when running is to either run barefoot or in minimalist shoes because the heightened feel of the ground translates into better muscular and reflexive stability of the ankle, allowing for both more controlled ankle and foot step stability as compared with thick cushioned running shoes, which was found to be threatened to the stability of the ankle-joint!
Thick cushioned running shoes were found to result in higher impact landings that were perceived as low-impact, indicating a perceptual illusion as compared with barefoot running which was found to produce the biggest reductions in all-around impact levels and other physical stressors,
Research shows if you run barefoot on harder surfaces, the only way it can be done most safely is if a forefoot strike is used, not heel strike. Because forefoot running eliminates the burst in collisional impact, reduces high brake forces while reducing all-around impact forces, allows anyone who runs barefoot to run safely on the hardest of surfaces.
The only way to reassuringly protect your knees long-term from running is not with thicker cushioned running shoes, or a knee brace, but with paying close attention to where you land on your foot when you run. You must avoid heel strike at all costs because this landing style engages other mechanics that inflict higher net-forces on the knee. Instead, you need to land on your forefoot because it has been proven to the most good at sustainable reducing and preventing the impact variables and mechanics responsible for destroying the knee-joint.
The hard truth is foot strike type in running matters immensely for injury prevention whereby forefoot running has been scientifically proven (references below article) to […]
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