What Running Style is Best for Your Knees?

What Running Style is Best for Your Knees?

14/03/2024 Bretta Riches 3

The best way to maintain healthy knees when running is to avoid heel strike running because it always accompanies a hyper-extended knee, an overly long stride and unusually long braking with the ground, which CANNOT be improved with a cushioned, motion control stability running shoe. The only proven method to protect your knees long-term is to land with a forefoot strike because it prevents hyper-knee extension at landing, an over-stride and a low cadence, all of which were consistently found to literally cure running-related knee pain and injury.


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Is Forefoot Running Really Best for Your Knees?

08/03/2024 Bretta Riches 0

Safe and efficient knee mechanics were found to be only engaged through the use of a forefoot strike landing when running, not a heel strike. This is because forefoot striking was found to make the knee better at flexing and bending at landing, which in turn, reduced opposing forces on the knee by making the knee-joint hold more firm, while reducing excessive bouncing. Furthermore, improved knee flexion engaged by forefoot striking reduced high brake forces which resulted in little to no impact at the knee, while engaging more efficient accelerations with less muscle force generation than heel strike running.

Is Heel Striking Less Efficient Than Forefoot Running?

Is Heel Striking Less Efficient Than Forefoot Running?

06/10/2022 Bretta Riches 0

One way heel striking when running is less efficient than forefoot running is that it fatigues the legs faster. This is because landing heel-first when running puts more taxing mechnanical and physical stress on the muscles, soft tissues, joints and bones as compared with forefoot running. 

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