Is lack of adequate arch recoil during gait as important or even more important than the degree of pronation?
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Recently, Welte, Rainbow et al demonstrate that lack of arch recoil during gait can lead to a tibia which "tilts to far fowards during late stance " , my words, and "can adversely affect the entire kinetic chain, foot to head" again my words.
This piece of work may provided the key to improving many of the skeletal problems encountered by health care professionals.
So how do you improve arch recoil ?
1
Prevent the foot from getting into a very deep pronation which it can't easily get out of , so perhaps some form of arch support. (A bit like half squats rather than full depth )
2
Strengthen the tissues that assist with arch recoil . The intrinsic foot muscles would be the obvious target here . So we are looking at muscle which span the full arch or cross at least one joint in the medial arch of the foot.
These would include abductor hallucis, adductor hallucis , flexor digitorum brevis, flexor hallucis brevis etc
3
Improve arch flexibility esp at cuneonavicular joint.
Note . IMO it is important that the toe flexors become properly active at heel off . So, more retro shoes with reduced toe spring and flexible soles.
If you have PFP it may well be related to lack of arch recoil and excessive "tibial tilt" . Perhaps some running styles are effective at reducing injury because they mitigate the limitations of poor arch recoil.
Welte et al https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1155439/full
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