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Do you Run with a Cross-Over Gait?

March 23, 2018/in Sports Injury/by admin

Do you Run with a Cross-Over Gait? A cross-over gait, also known as a “tightrope” gait, involves running with your feet crossing the midline of your body. As each foot crosses midline, it appears as if you a running along a tightrope. This running style decreases running efficiency and may set you up for future […]

Improve Running Posture

March 7, 2018/in Sports Injury/by admin

Improve Running Posture Running posture is essentially how you hold your body while running…simple! When looking at the running posture of elite runners, there are quite a few similarities: they run tall, have a subtle forward lean while they are running, limit their up/down movement, and limit their side to side movement. Let’s take a […]

Increase your Cadence!

January 29, 2018/in Sports Injury/by admin

Increase Your Cadence! Increasing running cadence will help reduce your risk for injury, and make you a more efficient runner (potentially faster runner as well)! Now that you know the benefit of increasing cadence, let’s go back and look and some of the main points that go into tweaking this aspect of running. Break the […]