Research confirmed that thick cushioned running shoes negatively affects the way children use their feet with the ground during running, while wilting the muscles, soft tissues and tendons in the foot as compared with minimalist shoes and running barefoot.
Plantar fasciitis can be added to the list of injuries caused by heel strike running because the higher-than-normal amounts of impact on the heel at touchdown was found to cause plantar fascia degeneration and fragmentation as well as reduced thickness and atrophy of the fascia. This is why heel strike running causes plantar fasciitis to turn into a chronic condition as compared with forefoot running.
Here’s an easy barefoot running training guide that will help correct your heel strike, and instead, improves all aspects of forefoot running stride, while strengthening your feet, making them more capable of more miles.
When it comes to preventing running-related heel injuries, running shoes with thick cushioned heels were found to actually cause pain and injury to the heel by causing you to land too hard on your heels. The most clinically promising method to protect your heels when running is to adopt a forefoot strike landing which was found to spread impact best over the foot, resulting little to no damaging impact at the heel.
Barefoot running was found to prevent fatiguing muscle contractions and muscle activation from rising to pain and injury predisposing levels in the shins as compared with thick cushioned running shoes, which were found to make the shins work harder, while enduring more compressive forces linked to shin splints and fracture!
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