Trent Corey PT, DPT Find Yourself Running, LLC Xtra Mile Physical Therapy www.FindYourselfRunning.com www.XtraMilePT.com By Trent Corey The Math: Suppose you’re a normal runner who takes about 160 steps per minute, and let's say you run for about 30 minutes, landing at an impact of 2-3x your body weight. As you can see, the amplitude of force and the repetition of force through your whole body is quite significant. Very quickly, we see steps x force reaching into the thous

In the past year, more people have spent more time at home and not able to go to the gym. MapMyRun saw a staggering 65 percent increase in runs logged and Garmin saw 27 percent more new users. (8) Running is one of the most popular forms of exercise, but injuries are also very common, with many runners missing training time due to injury within a year. The yearly injury rate has been estimated between 19.4 and 79.3% (van Gent et al 2007)(1) Some sources put the yearly injury

Long strides: When I look at where the foot hits the ground, often the foot is well out in front of the body’s center of gravity, landing on the heel. This is essentially “running with the brakes on”, slowing you down but also increasing the amount of impact your joints have to take on. If you can learn to shorten your stride with use of the metronome and drills, then this impact can be greatly lessened. (pic of long stride vs. short stride) Bouncing up and down: I look