Neutral Pronation“Normal” Foot Movement (technically defined as “neutral pronation”) is when... 1) we initially make contact to the ground with the outside (back) part of our heel. Here is a picture of that initial "heel strike". 
2) we begin to transfer weight from this area of the heel to the metatarsus (the five long bones in our feet that eventually end as our toes). Here is a picture of the transfer... 
3) this transfer from heel to metatarsus is in a somewhat inward direction, and 4) at the point in our movement when the weight is evenly distributed over our metatarsus, our knee needs to be directly above our big toe.
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