TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND FOOT SPECIALIST DISCUSSES OHIO PODIATRIST'S STATEMENT: ABANDON HEEL STRIKE
posted: Aug. 29, 2012.
ABANDON THE HEEL STRIKE, SAYS DR. NICK CAMPITELLI, PODIATRIST AND FOOT AND ANKLE SURGEON, AND A VIBRAM FIVEFINGER FAN. THE RECREATIONAL RUNNER TRANSITIONED FROM TRADITIONAL CUSHY RUNNER TO MINIMALIST VIBRAM FOOTWEAR AFTER CHRONIC ACHILLES TENDON PAIN CHASED HIM FOR 8 YEARS.
CAMPITELLI, AN OHIO PODIATRIST, IS A BIG BELIEVER IN NATURAL RUNNING AS IT REDUCES PAIN AND INJURY. "RUNNING WITH A HEEL STRIKE PRODUCES FAR MORE FORCE TO OUR JOINTS OF OUR LOWER EXTREMITY THAN RUNNING BAREFOOT OR WITH MINIMALIST SHOES."
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY,D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, CHIROPODIST AND FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.