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October 31, 2006

DORSIFLEXION

Dorsiflexion is a foot movement upward produced by the activity of the front part of shin muscles. At this position the front part of the foot is higher than the rear part in relation to the horizontal plane. What's good or bad about dorsiflexion activity? Why do we need to talk about it? It is both a simple and complicated problem in running. Where is it coming from? As I mentioned above, a mechanical part of it consists of moving the foot upward, but how much value does it have for our running for most runners is unclear. We see...

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October 24, 2006

PRONATION

Feet pronation is one of the most frequent problems in running. It is a foot position on support rotated in opposite direction of supinated foot, with the bottom to the lateral and the top to the medial side. Landing on the ground side is the medial rear (the heel) part of the foot. During such landing the ankle joint is shifting to the medial side. The questions here would be the following: Why are runners landing this way? Are there any benefits they gain? If not, then what is the reason to continue to do this? Is this about genetic...

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October 17, 2006

SUPINATION

Supination is the position of the foot before landing with the foot oriented to the ground with the lateral part. We are not concerned about supination from midstance, because body weight is already off from the BOF and hence there is no excessive load on the foot. Touching the ground happens on the lateral edge of the foot. By itself it is not a big deal and it doesn't really threaten you, if it doesn't go to some extremes in terms of putting your body weight on the lateral side of the foot instead of touching the ground. Supination is...

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October 10, 2006

I JUST WANT TO RUN! HOW TO RUN BETTER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO LEARN THE METHOD

I hear and read this all the time – I just want to run! I can’t be bothered with learning the technique! Why complicate simple things like running! I just want to go out and enjoy the run! And so on, so, I believe an article on this subject is due. Here's a very basic generalization of things and it’s a good start for everyone looking for a “quick, no obligation, fix”. Yes it is possible to run good not using a 100% pure Pose Method technique. I do it! I’m a recreational jogger, I run to “relax” and “get...

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October 03, 2006

DO YOU NEED TO USE A METRONOME IN YOUR RUNNING?

We have been discussing this topic for a while on the forum, but, I guess, for many runners the importance of using this device for the improvement of their running technique and running performance is still not clear. So I have to get back to this topic to bring more light and understanding to this matter. Let's start from far away, from a general notion that all our life contains some rhythm or many different rhythms such as heart beats, breathing, work and rest, day and night, a moon cycle, a year, etc. Our running is just a small...

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