Forefoot Running While Barefoot May Fix Foot Overpronation
Differences in pronation of the foot in forefoot running and in heel strike running and find out how pronation in forefoot running may be more controlled.
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How Heel Strike Running Causes Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome and How Pose Running May Prevent it!
From the start, adopting the Pose Running Technique (non-heel strike running style) can bring great outcomes in fully resolving and preventing chronic exertional compartment syndrome (throbbing lower leg pain during running) which is a condition that commonly plaques heel strike runners as compared with forefoot runners.
Why Avoid Learning Forefoot Running on Softer Surfaces
Running barefoot on soft surfaces may cause you to land harder.
Forefoot Running Resolves Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Heel Strike Runners
Forefoot running reduces compartmental syndrome by encouraging a favorable foot strike position resulting in less ankle dorsiflexion, higher step rate, lower ground reaction force, and adequate weight shift transfer on the foot.
Forefoot Running vs Heel Strike Running for Achilles Injury Prevention
What is the best way to run to avoid an Achilles injury: forefoot running vs heel strike running? Unfortunately, past studies on how running may […]
How to Avoid Knee Joint Injury When Running
Landing with a forefoot strike is best known to reduce knee joint injury, but there’s a trick to it: you must slightly bend your knee […]
Forefoot Running Attenuates Impact Better
Forefoot running involves less pronation than heel strike running, suggesting that pronation is not important for attenuating impact in forefoot running. Yet, forefoot running still […]
How Forefoot Running Reduces Plantar Fasciitis Symptoms
Forefoot running can actually ease plantar fasciitis symptoms. How? Because in forefoot running, the calf muscles act to minimize pronation which reduces plantar fascia strain, thereby […]
More Good News About Barefoot Feeling Shoes
If there is one type of shoe that you should wear when learning forefoot running, it’s barefoot feeling shoes because you’ll be more economical. This […]
There Really is a Proper Way to Run
What is the proper way to run? Heel strike or forefoot strike?