Forefoot Running Does Not Cause Achilles Tendon Injury

Forefoot Running Does Not Cause Achilles Tendon Injury

Forefoot running doesn’t 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. 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