Why Heel Strike Running is Dangerous Archives

How Heel Strike Running Causes Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

How Heel Strike Running May Cause Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

22/01/2019 Bretta Riches 0

How we use our foot strike when we run may have big implications for lower leg chronic exerional compartment syndrome (CECS), a painful condition in […]

Heel Strike Running Injuries: Femur Fracture?

Heel Strike Running Injuries: A Femur Fracture?

13/04/2017 Bretta Riches 0

Researchers developed a model explaining how heel strike running can result in a shattered femur.

Core Training Doesn’t Help Runners Who Heel Strike

22/08/2016 Bretta Riches 0

Virtually any runner who runs with a heel strike, is at a significant risk of injury as compared with runners who use a forefoot strike landing….

Heel Striking Injuries

11/08/2016 Bretta Riches 2

To avoid running injuries, you need to avoid heel striking when you run because the list of heel striking injuries appears to be never ending. The […]

Heel Strike Running May Increase Achilles Injury Risk

Running with Achilles Tendonitis? How Heel Striking Worsens the Condition

29/07/2016 Bretta Riches 0

Credible evidence suggests that heel striking when running is most likely the reason you have an injured Achilles tendon.

How the Overpronated Foot in Heel Strike Running Causes Injury

15/07/2016 Bretta Riches 0

Many of the root causes of running injuries are judged by how a runner pronates. The latest conception is that foot pronation when running is […]

Does Athletic Tape Wear Really Work For Running?

Forefoot Running Better Ergogenic Alternative to Athletic Tape Wear

26/04/2016 Bretta Riches 1

Elastic therapeutic tape is used to improve gait efficiency in heel strikers, however implementing forefoot running maximizes elasticity of the leg far better.

Outside Hip Pain When Running

24/03/2016 Bretta Riches 0

Outside hip pain is a common problem in runners, but I know a lot of the times, it’s due to heel strike running. Optimal running […]

How Heel Strike Running Causes Hyperextension Injury

Heel Strike Running May Cause Hyperextension Injury

22/03/2016 Bretta Riches 0

I think heel strike runners are at a greater risk of pulling a muscle because at heel strike, there’s only a very small landing area […]

Heel Strike Running and Persistent Ankle Pain

24/02/2016 Bretta Riches 0

We’ve heard of runners knee being more common in heel strike running than in forefoot strike running, but heel strike runners have another injury to worry about and that is persistent ankle pain, especially when they run at faster running speeds. How do we know this?