Most of us don’t think twice about how we walk, but proper posture and the way we move our bodies while walking help prevent injury and protect joint health. Here, physiotherapists explain how small ...

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The Heel2Toe sensor doesn’t just monitor your movements – it also encourages better walking. When it detects a good step (one that begins with a strong heel strike), it delivers an audio cue as ...

Thanks to new technology, we can now measure gait quality more easily and precisely. One promising tool is the Heel2Toe wearable sensor. This small device attaches to your shoe and tracks the movement ...

But the way we walk, known as our gait pattern, matters more than we might think. Poor gait doesn’t just make walking harder and more tiring; ... A healthy step begins with a strong heel strike.

The excessive heel strike is often a modern development—one that our knees haven’t caught up with. ... This hunched posture often leads to a shuffling gait where your feet barely leave the ground.

After asking each runner if they were a heel striker, non-heel striker (mid-foot or forefoot strike) or they “didn’t know,” the researchers examined each runner’s gait with a high-tech ...

High heel drop can also affect your foot strike: It’s not uncommon for heel strikers to switch to low-drop or zero-drop shoes and find that their gait shifts to a mid-foot strike. The Topo Magniflys ...

For many runners, their foot strike can make or break their potential. Studies suggest that around 70 per cent of all runners are heel strikers. While heel striking might be the most sustainable ...

Throughout the gait analysis, it is shown that the gait convergence changes from the speed mode to the totter mode through the deadbeat mode with respect to the asymmetry of the heel-strike posture.