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Physiotherapy clinic in Tambaram Are you Looking for Physiotherapy Treatment in Tambaram, Sunshine Super Speciality Physiotherapy Clinic, We Provide Electrotherapy, Exercise and Manual Therapy, Orthopedic, Neuro, Cardio, Pediatric, Sports and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Post Operative Physiotherapy Treatment, Fracture Rehabilitation, pain free movement. It’s very common to hear runners being told they must switch from a rearfoot to a forefoot strike when running. They’re told “it’s more efficient”, “it reduces injury risk” or “it’s more natural” (whatever that means!) but this is not supported by the research and there are risks involved… . …Any big change in running gait, such as switching foot strike, is likely to increase the load on tissues that aren’t used to it. With moving from rearfoot to forefoot strike this is likely to be the calf and Achilles. In forefoot running Achilles load increases by around 15% which is the equivalent to 48 times body weight per mile (Almonroeder et al. 2013)! It’s no surprise then that I see many runners with Achilles or calf pain as a result of switching foot strike. . One argument for switching to forefoot is that it can reduce stress on the knee. There is evidence to support this but increasing step rate by 5 to 10% can also achieve this without a large increase in calf/ Achilles load. . As ever when treating runners we need to be careful to avoid one size fits all recommendations and reason through the risks and benefits for the individuals in our care. . #Forefoot #GaitAnalysis #RunningInjury #RunningRepairs #AchillesTendinopathy #CalfPain #Running SUNSHINE ® SUPER SPECIALITY PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC - #DrParthiban #Sunshinephysioclinic.in #Physiotherapyclinicintambaram DR.M.P. PARTHIBAN.M.P.T (Ortho), Chief Orthopedic Physiotherapist, Call for Appointments: - 9345122177 East Tambaram, CHENNAI