my foot lands on the outside

[Footballstar06]

My foot lands on the outside edge of my foot like this

Does this mean anything if so what do you recommend I do for more of a balanced landing on the ball of my feet?

I would guess this would be common among football athletes or any multi direction athlete…

[kitkat1]

It’s normal to “land” on the outside of the foot and then “roll” towards the inside of the foot before liftoff, although the degree to which you’re landing on the outside does look pretty extreme in this snap.

Maybe the best thing you could do is run it - literally - past a podiatrist to get some proper analysis of your foot strike in context with your stride action. Maybe you could persuade some student research sports scientist-type to do a kinematic study on your action.

Then again, a half-decent podiatrist or physiotherapist should be able to pick up if you have tight areas in the hips which may set up a sway or swivel which may in turn be responsible for any excessive external strike.

On the other hand, it might just be a freak moment you’ve captured in this picture caused by some instance of imbalance.

[RandyG]

Is the outside, or the line under your pinky toe calloused compared to the are below the big toe?

[james_colbert]

@Footballstar06

My foot lands on the outside edge of my foot like this

Does this mean anything if so what do you recommend I do for more of a balanced landing on the ball of my feet?

I would guess this would be common among football athletes or any multi direction athlete…

you shouldnt be running on the outside of your foot. it is alot more effecient to run medially on your foot. also the way you run puts alot of stress on the lateral ligaments of the lower leg.

[Hawiian_Surferboy]

I use to run on the outside like that as well. I found that it was caused by a muscle imbalance, in my calf and hamstring. This imbalance added onto itself by the running on the outsde of my foot so it was a double whammy. When I started my gpp, I made sure that I was unbelievably aware of my foot placement, it took some time, by I did it right. So I say just be aware and practice proper placement, as it will cause some injury problems if the imbalance gets to bad.

[pjb]

i used to run so as well(when i was playing soccer). Now its nearly okay. Do tempos and watch for it, i.e. running on a lane-line(hope you understand what i mean )

[Footballstar06]

I have tight hip rotators to the point where I struggle to bend at the waist when attempting to do this stretch:

I have been getting ART therapy for my strained right hamstring and on my own I have been doing some hip flexor stretches while focusing on glute activation.

@RandyG

Is the outside, or the line under your pinky toe calloused compared to the are below the big toe?

I don’t really get callouses from sprinting or running…don’t really do much of it because of injury setbacks…

@Hawiian_Surferboy

I use to run on the outside like that as well. I found that it was caused by a muscle imbalance, in my calf and hamstring. This imbalance added onto itself by the running on the outsde of my foot so it was a double whammy. When I started my gpp, I made sure that I was unbelievably aware of my foot placement, it took some time, by I did it right. So I say just be aware and practice proper placement, as it will cause some injury problems if the imbalance gets to bad.

You fixed your muscle imbalance by just becoming more aware of how you run…I think this might be another factor that lead to my hamstring strain.

@pjb

i used to run so as well(when i was playing soccer). Now its nearly okay. Do tempos and watch for it, i.e. running on a lane-line(hope you understand what i mean )

I don’t think it occurs when I do <75% runs…it only happens when I am trying to get to that end point as fast as possible…

P.S. the first picture in my original post is not me just reminded me of my foot ground contact.

[Hawiian_Surferboy]

Becoming aware did not help fix it completely, but it did help in not making the condition worse,nad did help improve from the imbalance sitauation.

I have learned from the past season having one leg longer then the other and not being aware of it affected my running style. My running style had to change to to adjust for the discrepency. And it snow balled from there. One thing effects another which effects another. Thats why as athletes we need to be careful and listen to our bodies. If something feels wrong then theres something wrong.