To reduce injury risk, you need to minimise impact

To reduce injury risk, you need to minimise impact

Reduce Injury. It should be each runner’s common goal to reduce the risk of injury, one of the solutions is to minimise impact. Injuries are the pits. The physical part is bad enough, but mentally they can be even worse. Half of your brain rationally advises...
Mechanism of injury – Hamstring

Mechanism of injury – Hamstring

Musculoskeletal imbalances Any breakdown in the effective function of the legs and pelvis during running may predispose to injury. Examples include: postural changes due to muscle tightness lumbar or sacro-iliac joint stiffness poor co-ordination of movement or early...
Stress fractures can be avoided

Stress fractures can be avoided

Stress fractures can be avoided Do not be fooled into thinking that your injury is a stress fracture only if you are unable to run. Many runners could avoid stress fractures if they would only take notice of a pain in the legs after a run. At this point it’s possible...
Plantar fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis

This article covers Plantar Fasciitis and is provided by Teri Burgess, resident Physiotherapist, from time-to-run Cape Town Plantar Fasciitis Definition and Treatment Definition: An inflammation of the plantar fascia, a thick fibrous band of tissue in the bottom of...
Runner’s knee

Runner’s knee

This article covers Runner’s Knee (also known as Chondromalacia) and is provided by Teri Burgess, resident Physiotherapist, from time-to-run Cape Town Runner’s Knee Definition and Treatment Definition: A softening or wearing away and cracking of the...