Tibial strain and impacts have been getting a lot of attention lately due to all the comments about heel striking being the cause of most running injuries (its not) and this is an important reason why there should be a midfoot or forefoot strike when running. Transitioning away from a heel strike does reduce that ground reaction impact, but it is not possible to reduce the load on one group of tissues without increasing it on another group of tissues. There has been very little attention in the literature to the increased load on other tissues to offload the tibial impacts.
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Tibial strain and barefoot running
