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Running technique

  • 04-01-2012 12:49pm
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    Dr Nic
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    Does anyone here know a bit about running technique.

    Things like support ankle passing over stance phase knee and when to dorsiflex the foot etc...

    I would love to know more. I have a high speed camera, but dont know how best to analyse gait on it

    Thanks!


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    A0
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    Dr Nic wrote: »
    Does anyone here know a bit about running technique.

    Things like support ankle passing over stance phase knee and when to dorsiflex the foot etc...

    I would love to know more. I have a high speed camera, but dont know how best to analyse gait on it

    Thanks!

    Hey Doc’,

    I don’t understand the bit in bold…

    There’s no rule or strong scientific evidence supporting a specific way of running. Each runner has his/her way of running. However, there are few points you may want to look at, it’s not an exhaustive list but they are the most often reported in the literature.

    At foot strike: control of the foot-ankle (pronation-supination), knee stability and centre of mass oscillations.
    Regarding the arms and hands they should be relaxed, elbows at about 90 deg. of flexion.

    These can be accurately monitored but if you have a camera you can do basic leg-foot motion analysis.

    Overall, running itself and some strengthening exercises like abs, calf raises, squats (make sure you master the technique before adding weights) will do the job to improve or keep your running gait at its optimum and also help to keep your trunk straight while running, even in a fatigued state.

    Among other things, strong abs will help you to control your hips and not have them “twisting” when running at faster paces (i.e., tempo, supra-max work).

    These are just the basics, we could go on and on about the biomech of running. There are books about the biomechanics of distance running or Running mechanics that you might be interested.

    Here is one I had on the top of my head (quite heavy, have sore neck now :P)
    http://books.google.ie/books/about/Biomechanics_of_distance_running.html?id=y-ELAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

    Hope this helps, btw that's a good idea to look into this.


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