How to Get into Perfect Posture for Walking and Running

http://www.RenegadeHealth.com - If you have bad knees, hips, ankles, or a lower back pain, you won't want to miss this episode...

This tip is on injury-free running and walking.

I've been a runner for a long time, but it wasn't until I learned how to get into the right posture that I was a healthy, injury-free runner.

I learned from the principles of ChiRunning that was founded by Danny Dreyer and borrowed from Tai Chi.

My friend Steve Mackel from www.SoCalRunning.com is an expert in running and walking posture and is trained in ChiRunning. He coaches over 300 runners every Saturday in Southern CA! (BTW: If you're in the area be sure to visit his site and check out his group which has runners and walkers of ALL shapes, speed and ages.)

So naturally, when I met him, I wanted him on the show to instruct some of the perfect posture tricks he's learned.

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[sakealex]

thank so much my back is terrible and this really takes away the pain from my back.

[PayneRyne]

Man it helped alot

[HELLO2YOU3]

for me good posture is not falling of the bed as i fook the wife lmao

[AndrewDuncan1987]

You french-fry when you should have pizzad, you're gonna have a bad time.

[TriThisCoaching]

We do not and cannot "force-straighten" peoples feet, just point it out so they may become aware of it. Wouldn't it be better to have the knees track over the the metatarsals when moving in the sagittal plane rather than a turned out foot forcing additional strain on the knee joint from unnecessary twisting? Could this cause tight external hip rotators and imbalance in the hips? I have presented this to doctors and functional anatomists that have thought this is a good running system to teach.

[1speakeasy]

the truth of the matter is that good posture is important in all aspects of your life. walking and running are the most natural thing.  However, as we get older our bodies starts to experiance more stress and we starts to compensate by realining our posture and before we know it we have learned several bad posture habits that feel natural to us although we are experaincing aches and pains. The Chi running principle and other systems like POSE are based on studing bio-machanics.

[zegeeaudio]

So , people need to learn how to walk?

If someone has crooked-feet, you dont want to force-straighten them otherwise their hips will go awry.

Learn some bio-mechanics and get back on here.

Your instructions are unnecessary. I would not spend 1 penny for your book or advice.

Kevin - message to you - you are just a salesman hoping that by being exciting, people will care.