More Reasons Its Bad to Heel Strike When Running

More Reasons Its Bad to Heel Strike When Running

19/12/2024 Bretta Riches 2

Heel strike running was found to trigger more abnormal stresses on the foot that transfers up the leg and pries into the knee, causing injury as compared with forefoot running, which was found to engage more precision coordination between the joints of the foot and leg, resulting in significantly less stress production across the body.

Running Foot Strike

Is a Heel Strike a Proper Running Form? NO!

08/12/2024 Bretta Riches 2

There is a right and wrong foot strike pattern. Heel strike running was found to be at the core of the high impact generation responsible for most major injuries, like long bone injuries as compared with forefoot running. This is because landing forefoot-first when running naturally sets in motion a safely positioned shin, knee and upper body angles that leads to silencing major impacts forces and other physical stressors linked to all kinds of injuries.

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