UAN: Article type:-->Knowledge is the power to reducing your injury risk. Join us on a tour of the body’s components, and look at how they become damaged.BonesBones are essentially the scaffolding of the body, and although they have some

than the original bone.Can you run through it?No. Any runner who attempts to run through a proven stress fracture probably needs their head examined, as the chances of worsening the injury are so high. Recovery timeA stress fracture usually recovers

-ray revealed a stress fracture. After six weeks of rest (I wasn’t immobilised in plaster during this time) I was told that the bone had repaired itself and would now be stronger than ever. Obviously, I am delighted to be able to run once more, but how can I

UAN:209 Article type:-->SymptomsWhere the tendon joins the calcaneal bone, friction can cause the spaces between the tendon, bone and skin to swell and inflame with bursitis. This constitutes a calcaneal bursa. Apart from swelling over the back

from a stress fracture. Muscle injuries and strains may occur between the bones, but you can often run with them, unlike a stress fracture.Self-treatmentRest! You may be able to swim or cycle as long as it doesn’t provoke pain, but running – which

relieved when barefoot. You’ll experience acute pain if you compress the sides of the foot together.SignsYour transverse arch has usually become flattened, bringing the heads of your metatarsals (midfoot bones) together and compressing the nerve between

Need to save a sole in distress? Massaging your legs may soothe a sore plantar fascia - the band of tissue that runs along the sole of your foot. "The plantar shares an attachment site with your calf muscles in the calcaneus [heel] bone," explains

negative and bone scans positive. Biomechanical assessment is readily available, and you should certainly seek it if you have a recurrent or chronic injury.What else could it be? All the other lower-leg conditions. There is much overlap between periositis

, and may eventually result in a build-up of bone around the insertion of the tendon into the heel bone. This build-up can be trimmed away – as you had done on your right heel, but it is unlikely that this would result in a complete resolution

Q I’ve had knee pain for a few months now. My GP has explained that the patella has moved out of line and that I am experiencing bone grinding on bone when I run. Now it’s got worse, but my GP is in no hurry to refer me to a specialist, saying