Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Gait analysis

I had a gait analysis done. I found out my right leg is slightly shorter than my left, which I'll be correcting with orthotics. In the video of my gait, I was surprised how much wasted motion I had with my current shoes; my feet wiggled in a lot of different directions!! The idea with the orthotics and best shoes for me is to have my feet only moving forward, which should help my chi running form. I think I remember Michael saying that there's not much a runner can do about their bone structure, but there's a lot that can be done with the other soft tissue. My gait analyzer said the same thing. So, it was good to find out about difference in leg length, which is bone structure, and correcting for it with the orthotics. With that corrected, I hope to work on the things I can change through our practice sessions.

1 comment:

  1. Hi,
    Rebecca where did you get the gait analysis done? No matter what I do my right side seems to the lion's share of the weight.

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