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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...
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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....
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...
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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...
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The best predictors of injury
If you're a runner, the link between training quantity and injury means that total training mileage is an excellent indicator of your injury risk. The more km you accrue per week, the higher your chances of damage. One recent investigation found a marked upswing in...
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
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...
Achilles Tendonitis
This article covers Achilles Tendonitis and is provided by Teri Burgess, resident Physiotherapist, from time-to-run Cape Town Achilles Tendonitis Definition and Treatment Definition: Inflammation of the Achilles tendon. The Achilles is the large tendon connecting the...