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Running supination means that the feet strike on the outer edge of the heel or forefoot during running.
There are different degrees of running supination, depending on how much the gait lines are shifted on the outer part of the heel or forefoot.
Running supination is often associated with excessive forefoot running or excessive heel strike.
The image below describes a running supination linked with an excessive forefoot running.
During many years of running analysis done in our Running Lab in London and in Naples ( Italy ), we have been collecting analytical data about hundreds of runners affected by running supination.
By analysing these data about running parameters linked to running supination, we have identified three main types of running supination:
The three images below describe, respectively, the three types of running supination identified by analysing their gait line parameters.
The best assessment to identify running supination is performed through a high-tech Running analysis system as the one we use in our sports clinic in London.
You can set up a sort of home running analysis system by following our blog post about the best 3 running parameters you can improve by yourself.
the simplest way to check if you are affected by running supination is to check your shoes’ wear. If you wear your shoes mainly on the outer part of your heel or forefoot, you are likely to be affected by running supination.
Shoe wear is only an approximate assessment of your running supination without an accurate assessment of the extent of the supination and correlation with other running issues, such as:
There are different underlying causes for running supination, such as:
In our Running Lab in London, thanks to our cutting-edge running analysis system, we have developed an innovative running technique training.
We have called this new running technique training, neuromuscular activation running training.
With this specific running training, we will train the runner’s brain to activate correctly the muscles responsible for their foot strike.
This will be possible thanks to the real-time video feedback that the runner will have displayed on a screen in front of them.
The video feedback consists of the display of the runner’s gait line parameter, which has to be corrected.
The runner will have the possibility to check in real-time the adjustment made by his brain to the gait line parameter.
With this system, the percentage of brain retention of the corrected neuromuscular activation patterns is higher than any other running technique training method.
The image below shows how we have been able to fix almost 100% running supination and, at the same time, excessive forefoot running with only one session of 30 minutes of our running technique training service.
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