Correct Technique is Required for Safe Activity.
Letting the Heel touch the Ground while Running: Turns the Foot into A Tipping Disaster. This Left and Right Tipping; Causes Misalignments of the Leg Joints (Pulling the Ankle and Knee Out of Line with our Body and Our Direction of Movement) Thereby Continually Causing Wear and Tear on the Joints. And Routinely Creating Opportunities for a Dangerous Fall to Happen.
Both the Wearing down of Joints and Falling down: Cause Running Injury.
Forefoot Running does not cause left and right tipping, but Rather; Allows Us to Properly Utilize the Foot to Tilt the Forefoot to any angle it needs, to Match the Slope of the Ground. And It does this All while Keeping The Ankle and Knee from Getting Yanked out of Alignment with our Body and Direction of Movement.
Forefoot Running also Allows us to use The Elastic Qualities of our Muscular System, Rather than using our Skeletons as Shock Absorbers. This Keeps Impact Very Low. And Keeps us Very Agile through Near Fall Situations.
It Is Not Easy to Start Over with Our Running Form. But it Is Crucial to Our Long-term Success as Runners. It IS Possible To Build Our Physical Strength Without Simultaneously Wearing Down Our Joints. But ONLY with the Correct Technique. It IS Possible to Run Without Falling Down. But ONLY with the Correct Technique.
The Correct Technique, Paired With Not Exceeding our Current Strength Level (which Varies from Day to Day), is How We Stay Injury Free.
Starting Over is Not Easy, But It Is Worth It. Think Big Picture.
P.S. Those “Running Shoes” full of Supports and Cushions are Only Making The Problem Worse…
