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Crossfit's, Kelly Starret on feet

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by Lorcan, Aug 10, 2012.

  1. Lorcan

    Lorcan Active Member


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    Thought people may be interested in what Kelly Starrett of Crossfit fame has rto say on feet. Hope I have this video embedded correctly.



    if not heres the link. http://youtu.be/ha6ZxfG6Tz8
     
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  2. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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  3. CEM

    CEM Active Member

    Thanks for that link Craig, very interesting, sure it could be applied to many other subjects (including some on here;))
     
  4. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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    The sad thing is that the people that really need to read that article and take on board what it says are the ones that are less likely to read it and if they do happen to read it, they are less likely to realize that it actually applies to them!

    Its like Payne's first law: The amount of passion and emotional attachment to a theory is inversely proportional to the evidence for that theory ...... those that the law applies to are less likely to realize that
     
  5. Dana Roueche

    Dana Roueche Well-Known Member

    Craig, what are your thoughts regarding running or walking with your feet positioned so that your toes point straight forward vs pointing outward or inward? Which position of the feet is most stable and mechanically sound?

    Dana
     
  6. http://jbjs.org/pdfaccess.ashx?ResourceID=12370&PDFSource=17 etc.

    During running and walking the feet are not stable, nor is this desirable, hence we see movement at the pedal joints.
     
  7. efuller

    efuller MVP

    As with the wearing of shoes, it depends. There is no best angle for all people. Angle of gait is in part determined by hip range of motion and the torsion of the bones. There are individuals who have a hard time getting there foot, within their available range of motion, to a point that is straight ahead. Some of all those people will be all internal and some of those people will only be externally rotated. I've though about it a little bit and I don't think the angle of the foot to the line of progression will change the mechanics of the foot that much. I believe that there are other factors that will have a bigger mechanical influence. I'd be willing to listen to people's theories on how angle of gait effects foot mechanics.

    Eric
     
  8. Dana Roueche

    Dana Roueche Well-Known Member

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