The secret to better running—faster times and lower injury risk—might lie in your hips rather than in your feet. According to Rebecca Schulz, a biomechanist at wearables company Lumo Bodytech, how you move and control your body’s core can matter more than the shoes that you wear.
Lumo’s latest product, Lumo Run, is a small, pebble-shaped device that clips onto a runner’s waistband at the base of their spine. Accelerometers and gyroscopes inside can then determine how the runner’s pelvis is moving through space. That data can be used to determine your running biomechanics, and with coaching, teach you “how to be efficient,” Shultz says, “and how to reduce your risk of injury.