In running, the main cause of knee injury is heel striking because it alters your entire stride to the extent where more collisional and compressive impacts pry into the knee, and was also found to increase the degenerative process of the joint, regardless of the amount of under-heel cushioning in a shoe! This is not the case in forefoot running, which has gained universal acclaim as the cure for chronic knee injury.
Even at slower running speeds, heel striking was found to increase cumulative loads and average loading rates beyond pain and injury predisposing levels on the knee-joint as compared with forefoot running, which was found to be most clinically effective at reducing net impacts to the knee.
Barefoot running was found to be a very reliable antidote for knee injury because mechanical work was significantly reduced off the knee as compared with running in thick cushioned running shoes, which were found to increase mechanical work beyond pain and injury predisposing levels at the knee.
Landing with a forefoot strike when running was found to prevent irregularities in your entire mechanics that account for the avoidance of damaging impacts to the knee as compared with heel strike running.
Forefoot running is signficantly better for your knees because it was consistently found to reduce net forces on the knees as compared with heel strike running.
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