heelstrike

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If your elbows swing in front of your ribs, it will cause your legs to swing too far forward, creating more heelstrike.

ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
She measured the forces acting about the knee joint and the heelstrike-induced shock wave that travels up the body when walking in heels.

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