Can you tell the difference?

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Last Updated: December 16th, 2024 at 2:13 pm

Can you tell which stride looks better?
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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