New to running = knee pain.. ouch!

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  • haleybrnjilovic
    haleybrnjilovic Posts: 5 Member
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    Thanks everyone! I do have a walkers/runners speciality store close to home, so I think I will make a trip there and see what they say.... Update to come!!
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
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    over-striding and heel-striking = bad
    under-striding in the sense that you are pretty much hopping up and down = also bad.

    Personally- I have trouble with my right knee when I either run below a certain speed (my gait must start to approach that hoppy jogging gait) or when I wear soft cushy running sneakers (it's possible I start to heel strike in these?). I'm fine otherwise.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
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    ritzvin wrote: »
    over-striding ... = bad

    I would generally agree with this point.
    ...and heel-striking...

    Irrelevant, there is nothing inherently wrong with heel strike, and there is a significant amount wrong with intentionally changing gait.
    under-striding in the sense that you are pretty much hopping up and down = also bad.

    Why's that then?
    ... when I wear soft cushy running sneakers...

    That would suggest that you don't supinate a great deal.

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