{Admin Note: This thread has been broken off from: Podiatrist Recommends Forefoot Striking Versus Orthotics for Treating Running Injuries } Its does not matter which way you run, there is an injury risk associated with each running form! If you forefoot strike –> increased forefoot dorsiflexion moments on rearfoot; increased dorsiflexion moments at ankle; increased rearfoot inversion moments –> all these will do is increase the risk of injury in the structures that those moments. If you rearfoot strike –> increased rearfoot impacts –> increase the risk for ijury associated with higher rearfoot impacts. Its six of one, half a dozen of the other …
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Joint moments in forefoot vs rearfoot strike running
