How to Maximize Your Off-Season
Are you ready for that big race that’s right around the corner? Chances are, you don’t have any races or big events within the next few weeks to months. Welcome…
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| Can you tell which stride looks better? |
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| The screenshots above were taken at a point during the stride called Initial Contact Initial Contact is the first instance your foot contacts the ground and is one of the first things I look at when doing a running gait analysis The key areas I’m looking at during this moment (in no particular order) are: 1. Knee flexion angle 2. Foot strike 3. Distance from hip Looking at the image on the LEFT you can see a pretty straight knee, a heel strike pattern, and an over stride Looking at the image on the RIGHT I want to remind you that these images were taken at the point of Initial Contact The image on the RIGHT was NOT taken at a point later in the stride So on the RIGHT we see greater knee bend, a midfoot strike, and a foot that lands close to the body I don’t think you need me to tell you the answer 😉 This runner was able to improve his stride within the EXACT SAME TREATMENT SESSION with some simple education and gait training drills |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| Fun Runs at Commonwealth began on April 6th and start at 6:15pm on Thursdays starting from the store in Evanston! I will be presenting about running shoes prior to the fun run on April 20th. Come on by! |
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