Two weeks ago I posted this [thread]( asking for help on my knee hurting when running in my minimalist shoes.

I am young, have never had this problem before, and have been running in Vibrams for weeks. The increase that I went through in my mileage wasn't that steep either.

At the two weeks of rest mark, I went out hoping that maybe the pain wouldn't come back. Unfortunately it did, around 12 minutes into my run. As a last resort in the middle of the pain, I deliberately changed the way I landed on both my feet, from the midfoot landings I had been doing for a long time to a straight forefoot landing.

And bam, the knee pain ebbed away, I was able to run again with no problem. I felt like a wheelchair-bound person that had just gained the ability to walk. I am extraordinarily happy. I took it easy on that run because my calves ended up killing me from the change in form.

What I don't understand is why the way I was landing suddenly started being a problem when it was fine before, and why only one of my knees had a problem with it and not the other. I speculate that because the leg that didn't hurt has a slightly crooked foot, that it changed the strain that was being put on my knee.
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If your knee hurts, change the way you land on your
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Two weeks ago I posted this [thread]( asking for help on my knee hurting when running in my minimalist shoes.

I am young, have never had this problem before, and have been running in Vibrams for weeks. The increase that I went through in my mileage wasn't that steep either.

At the two weeks of rest mark, I went out hoping that maybe the pain wouldn't come back. Unfortunately it did, around 12 minutes into my run. As a last resort in the middle of the pain, I deliberately changed the way I landed on both my feet, from the midfoot landings I had been doing for a long time to a straight forefoot landing.

And bam, the knee pain ebbed away, I was able to run again with no problem. I felt like a wheelchair-bound person that had just gained the ability to walk. I am extraordinarily happy. I took it easy on that run because my calves ended up killing me from the change in form.

What I don't understand is why the way I was landing suddenly started being a problem when it was fine before, and why only one of my knees had a problem with it and not the other. I speculate that because the leg that didn't hurt has a slightly crooked foot, that it changed the strain that was being put on my knee.
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What was happening that caused one of my knees to start
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