Speaking of running injuries, the most common part is the knee. Many times, people can always associate running with knee injuries. In many people's running experiences, knee pain often occurs.
The reason why running can cause knee injury is because our running posture is incorrect, which almost determines the probability of knee injury.
If we can run in a standard, correct and perfect posture, then our knees will be well protected. After running, my muscles are sore, but my knees won't be sore at all.
So how to run is the perfect running posture. If you can meet the following five requirements, your running posture is perfect. Let's see how many you've met.
First, the core is tightened, and the running tone is not heavy.
So for any explosive sports and endurance training, core tightening is a very important standard. If you can't tighten the core, then our running process is actually very difficult and easy to get hurt.
For example, when some people run for the first time, their feet will land irregularly, and they will often rise and fall, just like being drunk, and they will stumble if they are not careful. This situation belongs to the core and has not been tightened.
Another feature that the core is not tightened is that the sound of running will be very loud, which is not only a matter of weight, but also a manifestation that the body loses control in the air and falls completely.
If the core is not tightened, the knee will be hit harder, because the weight of the upper limb will act on the knee without buffering, which will easily lead to knee injury.
Therefore, the correct running posture must include core tightening. If you don't know what core tightening means, then you should try to close your abdomen and tighten your waist and abdomen, which will make your running better controlled.
Second, the stride is appropriate and the landing point is close to the center of gravity.
The stride length will also affect our running process. Generally speaking, running stride is different for everyone, but it should be noted that running stride has nothing to do with leg length, but with our running speed.
The faster the running speed, the greater the stride, the slower the running speed and the smaller the stride. The control of stride is to make our foothold close to the center of gravity of the body, that is, the balance point of the vertical landing of the body, which is generally the center position below our pectoral muscles.
The faster you run, the faster your body's center of gravity will move forward, so you should catch up with your body's center of gravity with great strides. The slower you run, the smaller your stride, so you have to wait for the center of gravity.