Tips on how to run with a forefoot strike.
The worst type of running shoe for injury prevention are those with soft thick compressible underfoot materials vs firmer cushioning, or even running barefoot! In fact, soft cushioned running shoes was primarily responsible for ankle injury as compared with firmer cushioned running shoes, or barefoot running.
One of the best distance running coaches in history, Alberto Salazar, emphasizes with verifiable facts that forefoot striking is the correct foot strike, and heel striking is not.
Landing with a heel strike when running was found to be the underlying cause of increasing lower leg compartment pressure beyond tolerance, resulting in throbbing lower leg pain, but is fully resolved with forefoot striking.
Leaning slightly forward when running proved more effective at engaging better leg swing control that prevents an over-stride, and results in significantly less impact at the knee, while providing more economical benefits, too, as compared with running too upright with your torso.
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!
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