May 18, 2013
The simplified version of the ‘ Preferred Motion Pathway ‘ model is that each individual has a preferred pathway for a given task (and that will vary from person to person). The model considers that if you function within that pathway, then you are more efficient and have a less risk for injury. If you function outside that preferred pathway, then you are inefficient and at greater risk for injury
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May 14, 2013
Like the running economy and footwear type issue, I have been meaning to write for a while an article that summaries the studies on the differences in injury rates between heel strikers and non-heel strikers; but before I got to doing it another two studies appear, so its worth writing about those. To date we have 4 studies (now 6) that have looked at this: Daoud et al (2012) was a retrospective review of 52 almost elite level track runners ( that are not close to being representative of typical runners ) which found the injury rate in the heel strike group was almost double the forefoot striking group.
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