Forefoot Running Prevents IT Band Injury

Forefoot Running Prevents IT Band Injury

One reason forefoot running prevents IT band injury is that several studies have connected forefoot running to producing two mechanical outputs that effectively safeguard the IT band from injury. They are: reduced stride length and increased step-width. These two mechanical outputs naturally occur when you land with a forefoot strike, and were found to have a corrective effect on mechanical entanglements of the leg, thereby preventing bending strain and tensile stress on the IT band. Read more here!


Bretta Riches

"I believe the forefoot strike is the engine of endurance running..."

BSc Neurobiology; MSc Biomechanics candidate, ultra minimalist runner & founder of RunForefoot. I was a heel striker, always injured. I was inspired by the great Tirunesh Dibaba to try forefoot running. Now, I'm injury free. This is why I launched Run Forefoot, to advocate the health & performance benefits of forefoot running and to raise awareness on the dangers of heel striking, because the world needs to know.
Bretta Riches