Craig Payne

Oct. 16, 2016

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Impact loads in barefoot and shoe running

I currently sitting in Toronto airport waiting for a flight, so will not say anything much on this: The effects of barefoot and barefoot inspired footwear on tibiofemoral kinetics during running Jonathan Sinclair Human Movement. ISSN (Online)…

Sep. 27, 2016

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‘Overpronation’ and achilles tendon blood flow

Those who have done one of my Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camps know the dilemma I have of about the pathomechanical link between foot biomechanics and load in the Achilles tendon, and the speculation that it’s potentially a joint moment issue at the…

Sep. 24, 2016

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Impacts and injury and the transition to minimalist running shoes

I struggled to come up with a title for this post as in the study below two key points came out and the points that come out of the study are not necessarily related to each other. Here is the study: Injuries observed in a prospective transition from…

Aug. 30, 2016

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Barefoot Running and ‘Overpronation’

I previously noted that some barefoot runners claim that the height of the arch of their feet increased after taking up barefoot running; others claim no change and, much to their dismay, some even have reported a decrease in their arch height. Some…

Aug. 22, 2016

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Monday morning laugh

Hi Craig, RE: Heel Strike – The drop of water wears away the stone! I’m pretty sure that heel striking will eventually damage joints, simply based on the mechanics. Cushioned shoe or no cushioned shoe. I started running in my 50s, and ended up having…

Aug. 20, 2016

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If you are going to comment on research studies in social media…

…please read and understand the study first. Don’t embarrass yourself by just commentting based on the what you think the title of the study means. For example, this recent study was published. The study investigated outcomes of clubfoot treatment to…

Aug. 14, 2016

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Reflexology Clinical Trials

Reflexology is just made up mythology. There is no known physiological link between parts of the foot and organ systems in the body, let alone any involvement in these disease processes. Every single meta-analysis and systematic review of all the…

Aug. 9, 2016

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Is the drop of a running shoe associated with injury risk?

I previously blogged about the evidence on the use of zero drop vs a higher drop of running shoes and concluded that there is no evidence for one drop over another. Judging by the comments that the post received the ‘fan boys’ did not like that…

Jul. 25, 2016

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I know it is only a pilot study, but …. injuries in minimalist runners

You know its never going to be a very good day when you check your alerts over breakfast and this turns up: Self-Reported Minimalist Running Injury Incidence and Severity: A Pilot Study Katrina Ostermann, DO; Lance Ridpath, MS; Jandy B. Hanna,…

Jul. 19, 2016

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Running Economy and Foot Strike Pattern

When I first caught the title of this ‘study’ my initial reaction was add it to the massive pile of backlogged articles that I need to comment on! I have litigated the running economy and foot strike and shoe type enough times: here, here, here,…

Jul. 18, 2016

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How Good are Runners at Self Identifying Their Foot Strike Pattern?

They’re not: There is now more evidence from when I last wrote about this. Shorten (2014) “In the lab: of 17 runners that said they were heel strikers, only 14 really were; of the 20 that said they were midfoot strikers, not one them actually really…

Jul. 7, 2016

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Why do so many just make stuff up for?

Short rant today. In the genre that I follow and write about often, one does get increasingly frustrated by misinformation, misquoting, misusing, misunderstanding and outright lies about research. I have commented so many times about people just…

Jun. 4, 2016

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Relevant Gems from the 2016 ACSM Meeting

The American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting in Boston has just come to a close and as I bemoaned about a year ago, I did not get to it, yet again. One day I will go. I do, however devour the abstract books each year as there are always…

May. 9, 2016

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JAPMA lets us down again: Shock wave for mortons neuroma

Back in 2009, the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA) published this impressively titled study: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Interdigital Neuroma: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial that found: The…

Mar. 23, 2016

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The Problem with the Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis

Probably a day does not go by in which I read something somewhere about plantar fasciitis and I end up face palming myself and eye rolling. The worst are those that usually start with “The Truth About…“; that usually gets a double face palm that…

Mar. 8, 2016

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Impact Related Factors and Running Injury

I have blogged before (Just How Significant are Heel Impacts at Causing Injury When Running?) and repeatedly commented that the evidence that links impact related factors to running injuries is far from compelling. I am not saying they don’t, it is…

Mar. 8, 2016

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Minimalist Running Shoes and Injury Risk

This is not a new study and I did comment on it almost two years ago when the results were first available. What is new is that it was finally published in full today: Minimalist Running Shoes and Injury Risk Among United States Army Soldiers Tyson…

Dec. 14, 2015

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Search Engine Popularity of Running Shoes: 2015 Update

It that time of the year where I use the Google keyword tool to look at the popularity of different Google searches for different running shoes. Previous years here and here. Brooks running shoes 40500 33100 27100 Adidas running…

Nov. 23, 2015

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Intrinsic Muscle Strength in Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is something I have frequently blogged about. Plantar fasciitis is very common. I beleive plantar fasciitis is generally badly managed with a lot of snake oil being touted for it and a lot of one size fits all approaches to…

Nov. 10, 2015

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Minimalist vs Maximalist Running Shoes and Achilles Tendon Loads

Sometimes I struggle to decide what to include as the title of a blog post; this time is no exception. Should I title this post: “Minimalist Running Shoes Increase the Achilles Tendon Load” or should I title it “Maximalist Running Shoes Decreases the…