Comments for N2SHAPE http://n2shape.com Professional Training, Personal Attention Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Ellen’s Brief Low Down On Barefoot Running Shoes by Barbara Saunders http://n2shape.com/2011/08/the-brief-low-down-on-barefoot-running-shoes/#comment-43 Barbara Saunders Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:28:25 +0000 http://n2shape.com/?p=1240#comment-43 I agree that the "barefoot craze" is a fad. At the same time, I am one of those people who has suffered from being trained to heel strike. I ran (mostly on tar) for years without injury, then developed what I thought was knee pain. (Ultimately it turned out to be imbalanced calf muscles, cured by proper resistance exercises.) Over the course of searching for a cure, though, I went through gait training. Apparently my natural stride was a forefront stride; physical therapists diagnosed me as a pronator, taught me to strike with the heel, and fit me with orthotics. Only then did I tear my cartilage. The key is exactly what you say - an adequate assessment of each runner's foot type and stride, ideally a combination of professional assessment and a body-aware client who can judge what's working for him/her rather than following a fad or a dogmatic professional who makes the wrong call. I agree that the “barefoot craze” is a fad. At the same time, I am one of those people who has suffered from being trained to heel strike. I ran (mostly on tar) for years without injury, then developed what I thought was knee pain. (Ultimately it turned out to be imbalanced calf muscles, cured by proper resistance exercises.) Over the course of searching for a cure, though, I went through gait training. Apparently my natural stride was a forefront stride; physical therapists diagnosed me as a pronator, taught me to strike with the heel, and fit me with orthotics. Only then did I tear my cartilage.

The key is exactly what you say – an adequate assessment of each runner’s foot type and stride, ideally a combination of professional assessment and a body-aware client who can judge what’s working for him/her rather than following a fad or a dogmatic professional who makes the wrong call.

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