When it comes to running with less impact, and therefore less injury risk, you’ll want to avoid landing heel-first (heel striking). Its well-sourced heel strike running produces the highest net impact across the entire body because it impedes safe knee-joint mechanics, shin angles as well as upper body posture, pushing all of these parameters out of neutral range, which was found to result in impact that exceeds threshold at a magnitude 2 to 3 times higher than a forefoot strike landing. Heel strike running also causes the foot to grapple unusually long with the ground, causing the foot to move into extreme positions, transferring more bending and twisting strain up the leg from the foot. Read more here!
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