One of the many ways cushioned running shoes hurt your feet is by causing flat feet and poor foot strength, which are precursors for foot over-pronation. Weak feet and collapsed arches co-evolve with long-term use of conventional running shoes, especially with stability elements, which repress the engaging activity of the foot’s bones, muscles, soft tissues, and especially the arch. When the foot’s muscles and arch are weak, they lose their ability to control pronation, resulting in over-pronation, which is abnormal foot motions and postures during the touchdown and stance phases of running. This leads to tissue and muscular over-strain of the foot as well as increases in torsional and rotational stress on the ankle, knee and hip, and is essentially a major hotbed for injury. Read more here!
Bretta Riches
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.
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