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The Gift of an Injury
In this article I want to discuss the idea that an injury, if it is treated and acted on in the right way, can actually be a gift to runners. Some of you may wonder how one can possibly see an injury as a gift, when being injured can be the most annoying, and...
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Your Approach to Injury Treatment
How you approach your Injury Treatment, can be your salvation when it comes to recovery. It is a major challenge to discuss in detail the nature and treatment of all running injuries. Knowing the cause and providing detailed information regarding the treatment of...
Leg and Foot Cramps
Many runners have had the experience of having a peaceful night of sleep interrupted suddenly and without warning by a severe cramp in some part of their leg or foot, and to make matters worse there is often residual pain even after the cramping has disappeared....
THE BIG 5 INJURIES
HAMSTRING SECTION
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Leg and Foot Cramps
Many runners have had the experience of having a peaceful night of sleep interrupted suddenly and without warning by a severe cramp in some part of their leg or foot, and to make matters worse there is often residual pain even after the cramping has disappeared....
STRESS FRACTURES
NEWSFEED
TREATMENT
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 caution...
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 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...
Shin Splints Treatment
This article covers Shin Splints and is provided by Teri Burgess, resident Physiotherapist, from time-to-run Cape Town Shin Splints Definition and Treatment Definition: Inflammation of the muscle attachments and interosseous membranes to the tibia (shin bone) on the...