Ep14: Running Footwear for Females: Injuries & Performance with Madeleine Murray

Madeleine Murray joins this episode in discussing running footwear for females. Madeleine has been a Podiatrist for 9 years and is an elite 800m and 1500m runner. She travels and competes on the European athletics circuit and has competed in the European championships in the past. Madeleine discusses:<br/><br/>Footwear and influence on injury risk and improved performance in female runners. History of women’s running and the incidence of injury rates in women.Injuries by anatomical site. Females more likely to experience knee problems.Female running biomechanics and foot morphology.Link with footwear design and construction and how that influences biomechanics.Footwear doesn’t influence rate of injuries in runners but does influence lower limb mechanics.Women's running shoes need to be wider but narrower rearfoot fit.Women are more sensitive to biomechanical response to rapid changes in footwearVarying shoes is beneficial so as not to have same movements and loading.Although increased range of motion in some runners, minimal evidence to show that a runner should be put in stable firm shoes.Recreational runners may need more shoeWomen runners experience greater performance benefits in supershoes.@simplythebestpodiatry@jasonagostapodwww.ja-podiatry.com@theagilefo....otwww.theagilefoot.c P3 Podiatry online athletic footwear course  Support the showThis podcast is recorded and produced on Naarm and Bunurong the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the elders, past present and emerging and the land, seas and skies for which we all live.