Heel strike running is bad because multiple lines of research over the last few decades have proved the many verifiable aspects of heel strike running that are primarily responsible for nearly all running injuries vs forefoot running.
Heel strike running combined with running too slow are the causes of common running injuries such as runners knee and tibial fractures in joggers.
After running a marathon, heel strike runners showed knee cartilage inflammation, particularly at the medial tibial plateau. Hesper et al.,(2015) used an MRI-related technique called T2 […]
Heel strike running produces a large ground reaction force because of 2 impact peaks which are not produced in a forefoot strike.
After the heel strike transient is generated, it converts into a vertical shockwave that channels through the body to the head. Because of it’s high magnitude, the heel strike transient is assumed to be the underlying cause of most running injuries.
Ground contact is longer in heel strike running than forefoot running because of 2 factors: 1. a posterior position of the center mass at foot strike and 2. foot rollover causes the foot to spend more time on the ground.
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