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Re:Dangers of Sitting by zimpenfish on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:46AM (#15081465)
You're assuming a heel striker automatically has knee problems. This isn't a given. Many of them have no problems at all.
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Re:Dangers of Sitting by bitexploder on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:03PM (#15083174)
Agreed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26126256

http://www.kinetic-revolution.com/dont-believe-the-heel-stri...

Also: Changing gait is very hard: https://runblogger.com/2011/11/just-quick-post-to-announce-t... -- people revert when they get tired unless it is very deeply ingrained as a change.

edit: My conclusion, ignore any running form purists or blow hards. Throw some shoes on. Go run. Conservatively and following the laws of training. If you get hurt you can fix it and it usually doesn't suck (stretching, less running for a while, strength training). If you don't get hurt, you were better off not overthinking it :)

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