Forefoot running has been scientifically proven to resolve and prevent all the injuries caused by heel strike running. Here why:
One way heel striking when running is less efficient than forefoot running is that it fatigues the legs faster. This is because landing heel-first when running puts more taxing mechnanical and physical stress on the muscles, soft tissues, joints and bones as compared with forefoot running.
Forefoot running doesnt cause Achilles tendon injury because it actually makes more functional use of the tendon as an energy-saving spring while engaging mechanical mechanisms, like controlled pronation and reduced ground-contact time that better safeguard the tendon than heel strike running.
Barefoot running is healthier for the feet because it not only makes the foot’s muscles, soft tissues, nerves and blood vessels stronger, barefoot running also engages a forefoot strike and higher cadence which prevents abnormal foot motions and postures, like over-pronation.
Forefoot running is safer on the body, right down to the toes, as compared with heel strike running!
Forefoot running is faster than heel strike running because it enhances the energy-saving spring properties of the Achilles whereas heel strike running negatively alters the spring properties of the tendon, resulting in more costly muscular efforts to propel the body forward.
In forefoot running, you automatically and remarkably land with less forces of all kinds which is why forefoot running may be an excellent match for injury prevention.
Uncovering another mechanical property of forefoot running that allows it to save more energy than heel strike running.
Heel strike running may prevent the calves from being used more effectively as shock absorbers which may not only increase calf loading, but may amplify impact to other areas of the leg as compared with forefoot running.
Forefoot running is better for the shins than heel strike running because it was found to do a better at reducing opposing forces on the shins by aligning the shin more vertically at landing.
One way to stop your shins from hurting when you run is to avoid landing with a heel strike and instead land with a forefoot strike. This is because forefoot running was found to have the biggest improvements in reduing opposing forces off the shins.
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