I have done a blog post and started a forum thread on the concept of when we have a runner with the medial tibial stress syndrome version of shin splints should we use an insert in the shoe or should we change the gait. The latest hypothesis on the cau...

I often get asked why I so hard on barefoot running. I am actually not. I run in minimalist shoes. I use barefoot drills with patients to help with technique issues.

What I am hard on is the claims by those who promote barefoot running when they clai...

Has anyone seen and tried these shoes?

They have slant or lateral wedge under the forefoot, making them higher under the lateral forefoot than the medial forefoot. They also have large toe spring. The company does claim that these shoes can make you ...

Peroneal tendinopathy is not a common problem in runners, but when it does happen it can be frustrating to manage. By like any overuse injury, the principle of management is actually quite simple: load management. You have to reduce the load to a level...

Many people can remember all the claims being made for the toning shoes and how they would give you the extra workout when wearing them and your 'butts' would be toned. All that hype has died off, mostly because the research did not support the claims ...

There is no such thing as ‘natural running’. It is just a term concocted by those who want to suck the gullible into believing that the running technique that they are promoting is more natural, therefore better for you.

There are several...

What I like about being a blogger and a runners and a clinician and  a researcher, I get to spread the word about things that excite me. The generation of new knew knowledge to help people is what gets me out of bed in the morning. But so does cal...

This is something that I just used to hate seeing. Conservative treatments for this were generally unsatisfactory and surgery was always a good option (and not that difficult). Now we are in a different position as transitioning those with anterior com...

We have had years of rhetoric and propaganda with individuals relating anecdotes in the debates surrounding barefoot/minimalist vs cushioning/support and heel strike vs midfoot/forefoot strike with not a lot of science. 2013 will go down as an interest...

Like the overpronation mythology, the common running injury of plantar fasciitis also has an extraordinary mythology associated with it in the running community where so many are self-appointed experts. Plantar fasciitis is easy to treat and manage, bu...