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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 […]
There are major differences between minimalist and normal running shoes which include the barefoot-feel of minimalist running shoes were found to do a better job at increasing the likelihood of avoiding a force intensive-heel strike, and instead, encourages a forefoot strike landing tied to significantly lower instantaneous loading and vertical impact peaks as compared to normal cushioned running shoes.
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.
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.
The main cause of toe injury from barefoot running is the toes are being used too much to aggressively push the entire weight of the body forward into the next step. This problem can be completely avoided by landing properly on your forefoot because it makes the knee softly bend and the torso shift slightly forward, which in turn, causes the foot to actually spring up on its own, thereby relieving the toes from being over-engaged to push the body forward through each step.
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