Running gait analysis: Determining excessive foot pronation

[zFloMotion]

Can you capture in full HD video - streaming to the computer?

[PUSSY100ish]

EXCELLENT VIDEO! She explained the biomechanics beautifully in just 5 minutes... True Professional

[pdeleon1]

hi, what are those white things on the person's legs. its very visual and seems to work great. thanks

[pdeleon1]

what are those white things on the girls legs and hips. thanks

[jymk83]

Hi, in the clinic we had a patient that suffered a stroke last year, and it affected

her gait, so that she was rubbing out the medial and lateral aspect of her shoe. She had a flattened arch. Additionally, she was suffering from knee and hip pain. My question is about the biomechanics of this simultaneous supination and pronation. The second question is, is hip instability causing the ankle instability or is the ankle instability causing knee and hip pain?

[medmotion]

Ok. I posted 2 video responses - one demonstrating an individual who experienced increased pronation when wearing running shoes, and one who experienced decreased pronation when wearing running shoes. Of the group, it was almost half and half, with some who experienced no difference. CONCLUSION: Each individual is different in their specific needs. This is why I love using video gait analysis when working on making effective changes.

[pcrutt]

It would be really interesting to do a barefoot running comparison to this and measure whether the shoes are helping or making things worse. In this video you compare barefoot walking to shod running: apples and oranges.

[medmotion]

Hello Peter : )

The purpose of this video was not so much to show the differences between barefoot and shoe, but more to compare the less stable movement of running (in which an individual is literally jumping from one foot to the other) with the more stable movement of walking (always at least one foot on the ground).Unfortunately, research has shown mixed results on how barefoot running affects a runners tendency to pronate so it's not as simple as simply removing their shoes.

[medmotion]

@pcrutt This past week at the running seminar I thought I would get a bunch of the participants to run with and without shoes so that I can demonstrate this. I'll post some of these videos as video responses for you.

[LondonFitness]

Interesting video. Looks like this woman is slowly mashing her knees because her hip stabilisation is poor. Would you say she should stop running for a while & work on hip stabilisation (eg glute med exercises)?

[medmotion]

It was not necessary to stop her from running as she had not yet experienced any significant injuries. In cases like these we typically prescribe a structured strength program that begins with lateral pelvic tilting while focusing on using the appropriate lateral hip muscles to pull the pelvic back to neutral(especially posterior glut med). Exercises then progress to be more functional to running. After proper muscle firing patterns/awareness is established gait retraining is then incorporated