BAREFOOT RUNNING WHEN DONE PROPERLY HAS BENEFITS
posted: Aug. 24, 2014.
DR. DOUGLAS ROBINSON, A CALIFORNIA PODIATRIST STATES, "EVEN IF RUNNING BAREFOOT REDUCES SOME INJURIES, IT MAY CAUSE OTHER TYPES OF HARM. BECAUSE MINIMALIST SHOES REQUIRE FOREFOOT OR MID-FOOT STRIKING THE VERTICAL LOAD ON OUR BODIES - THE FORCE WITH WHICH YOUR FOOT HITS THE GROUND - CAN STRAIN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE FOOT".
PODIATRIST ROBINSON ALSO STATES, "BAREFOOT RUNNING HAS A GREAT DEAL OF POTENTIAL. IN PARTICULAR, RUNNERS WITH KNEE, LOWER BACK, OR HIP INJURIES HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE TECHNIQUE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTER STRIDE INVOLVED. AS A TRAINING TOOL, THERE ARE REAL BENEFITS BUT YOU SHOULD START SLOWLY ON FORGIVING TERRAIN SUCH AS A TREADMILL, GYM OR TRACK-LIKE SURFACE".
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