Training With Dr.Romanov: LANDING ABNORMALITIES Archives

DORSIFLEXION IN RUNNING: 3 STEPS TO STOP
Dorsiflexion is a common occurrence and it is not clear for many whether dorsiflexion is good or bad in relation to running. From the Pose Method point of view dorsiflexion is not good and it does not produce any benefits in running. Dr. Romanov considers it a BAD HABIT that needs to be corrected, "dorsiflexion is a foot movement upward produced by the activity of the front part of shin muscles...We see it often in heel striking runners as a preparation for landing on the ground. By this movement the runner's heel becomes a leading part of the foot during... [Continue reading...]

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... [Continue reading...]

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... [Continue reading...]

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... [Continue reading...]

FOOT BLISTERS
We discussed this topic once and again, but there still exists a necessity to return to it because of new accidents. It is a simple problem, really, and it is the result of excessive friction occurring between the skin and the shoe. When does it happen? - When the foot slides inside the shoe while landing on the ground ahead of the body, or when the foot slides to the side while pronating or supinating. There are some additional factors "helping" this process, such as: wet condition inside the shoes and an uneven surface. Blisters also develop in the point... [Continue reading...]