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- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Custom foot orthotics in cycling
- Biomechanical Assessment of Work Footwear
- Treatment of ankle sprains
- LBG Summer School 2017
- STJ axis spatial location and rotational equilibrium
- The effects of foot strike on running economy in distance runners
- Homeless feet
- Buerger's Disease
- Interventions for congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot).
- Bumps on toes
- Small hole on bottom of foot
- After bunion surgery
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- Unbelievable sharp/electric pain on lateral foot + little toe
- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Search Engine Popularity of Different Running Shoes Brands
- Yet again, more of the same …
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- After bunion surgery
- After bunion surgery
- Podiatry Courses
- Podiatry Courses
- Bumps on toes
- Bumps on toes
- Superfeet to offer 3d printed insoles
- Embryonic development in the human foot
- Management of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Talocalcaneal coalition
- Mueller-Weiss Disease of the Tarsal Navicular
- ISPO Australian membership
- The Google Trends Thread
- Foot care practices in those with lymphoedema
- Foot orthoses for unstable feet
- Talar Peroneal Syndrome
- Fate of Obamacare under President Trump
- AmnioFix (amniotic membrance) injections for plantar fasciitis
- Clinical Trials Updates
- Cholesterol level in non-insertional Achilles tendonopathy
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Running Economy and Foot Strike Pattern
- I know it is only a pilot study, but …. injuries in minimalist runners
- Is the drop of a running shoe associated with injury risk?
- Monday morning laugh
- Barefoot Running and ‘Overpronation’
- Impacts and injury and the transition to minimalist running shoes
Tag Archives: biomechanics
How Good are Runners at Self Identifying Their Foot Strike Pattern?
They’re not: There is now more evidence from when I last wrote about this. Continue reading
Relevant Gems from the 2016 ACSM Meeting
The American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Boston has just come to a close and as I bemoaned about a year ago, I did not get to it, yet again. One day I will go. I do, however devour the abstract books each year as there are always some gems. Continue reading
Posted in Sports Medicine
Tagged biomechanics, injury, running economy, sports medicine
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Impact Related Factors and Running Injury
I have blogged before (Just How Significant are Heel Impacts at Causing Injury When Running?) and repeatedly commented that the evidence that links impact related factors to running injuries is far from compelling. Continue reading
The effect of ‘energy boost’ footwear on running economy
The energy boost running shoes from Adidas came to the market a few years ago to mixed commentary. Adidas were cautious what they claimed about the shoe, but bench testing did show the the material did provide a better ‘energy return’ than a typical running shoe material. Continue reading
Posted in Running Shoes, Sports Medicine
Tagged biomechanics, running economy, running shoes
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Foot strike pattern and injuries in ultramarathoners
The preponderance of studies on foot strike pattern and injury risk have shown that there are no differences. In terms of injury rates, they are the same regardless of the foot strike pattern. Yet despite that evidence, I fail to understand why there is still a debate and so much rhetoric on this Continue reading
Muscle Activity in Barefoot vs Shod Running
A number of relevant studies a have been published in the last few days. Rather than add them to that massive backlog of papers I need to write about, I am trying to knock them out quickly. The first one showed no injury differences between barefoot and shod runners; the next one showed no differences in injuries and performance between heel and midfoot/forefoot strikers. Continue reading
Posted in Running Shoes, Sports Medicine
Tagged biomechanics, minimalism, running form, running shoes
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