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.
Forefoot running is the most important step in preventing plantar fasciitis because landing forefoot-first was found to prevent strain and instantaneous rates of loading from rising to pain-inducing levels on the plantar fascia as compared with heel strike running, which was found to produce the mechanics that makes it possible to keep fueling plantar fasciitis.
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