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Supination and pronation are terms used to describe the up or down orientation of your hand, arm, or foot. What it means can depend on which part of the body it describes. When your palm or forearm ...

Running is great for fitness -- and hard on legs. Injuries rise with mileage as the pounding accentuates a natural biomechanical inefficiency called pronation, a diagonal movement from outside-heel to ...

All runners have their own unique foot strike. But everyone will have some degree of pronation, or a slight inward roll of the foot and ankle, to help distribute the impact of running. When this ...

Overpronation, also called pes planus or flexible flatfoot, is relatively common in children and often goes away on its own. Treatment may be necessary if your child doesn’t outgrow their flat feet or ...

Running is a simple sport – a case of putting one foot in front of the other, repeatedly and at whatever pace you wish, to help you feel good in both body and mind. However, if this sport is so simple ...

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Words that begin with ‘over’ are often bad, right? Maybe you feel overstretched with work after overdoing it on the weekend. Even worse if your journey there was overwhelmingly overcrowded. But before ...

This week we are going to talk not of a specific diagnosis or condition of the lower extremity but rather a mechanical fault of the foot which causes a number of conditions. The mechanical fault or ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You know when you're having a really good run, and you feel like you could go on forever? There's nothing ...

A quality pair of walking shoes is essential, especially if you experience discomfort caused by flat feet. To learn about which features to look for when shopping for comfortable shoes, I reached out ...