Tag: running efficiency

What makes our running stride more efficient? Check out this recent study cited in Runners World.

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What makes our running stride more efficient?  Check out this recent study cited in Runners World. If you run and compete, you are no doubt concerned about your running times and pace.   While there are many apps and watches that can help, the truth is that your running pace and stride is dependent on your efficiency. Bad habits such as hunching your shoulders can reduce this efficiency and it is likely to affect your running timing and your times as well.   This common compensation is seen with those of you who overpronate on one foot, which will cause you to Read More »

Run faster by swinging your arms more efficiently says the NY Times; Three tips to help you run more efficiently.

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Run faster by swinging your arms more efficiently says the NY Times; Three tips to help you run more efficiently. Run smarter, rather than harder is what I tell our patients when we do treadmill evaluations in the office. There are great variations in how people use their arms as they run, and some variations end up slowing us down or even may be responsible for stitches we feel in the diaphragm. When we run, we will stride and then counter stride. If one leg tends to stride unevenly, as seen in those who are built asymmetrically (we have proven Read More »