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Escape from Injury
By Runner's World on 05/06/2002 12:13:32
The basic principles: how to avoid injuries on the run
to become injured is to train hard on a day when you're fatigued or feeling soreness or the pain of an injury about to happen. Even if you're following all of the rules – running on a good surface, warming up, stretching, using a hard–easy pattern – other
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Q+A: I've had a sore Achilles for a year...
By Martin Haines on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
on hard floors for long periods. Do you have any suggestions?A Achilles tendon problems are very common; typically the tendon is stiff and sore, especially first thing in the morning. This can be caused by poor or inappropriate running shoes, inadequate
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The Laws Of Injury Prevention 
By Amby Burfoot on 08/03/2010 08:32:08
Follow these 10 time-tested principles and you'll spend more time on the roads - and less in rehab
In the mid-1970s, Runner's World Medical Editor George Sheehan, M.D., confirmed that he was hardly the only runner beset by injuries: a poll of the magazine's readers revealed that 60 per cent reported chronic problems. To describe himself
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The Laws Of Injury Prevention (Preview)
By on 08/03/2010 08:33:50
Follow these 10 time-tested principles and you'll spend more time on the roads - and less in rehab (non-subscriber preview)
In the mid-1970s, Runner's World Medical Editor George Sheehan, M.D., confirmed that he was hardly the only runner beset by injuries: a poll of the magazine's readers revealed that 60 per cent reported chronic problems. To describe himself
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Bodyworks: Achilles Rupture
By Patrick Milroy on 05/06/2000 13:31:14
How to recognise it, how to overcome it
UAN: Article type:--SymptomsIt’s hard to miss a rupture or break of the Achilles tendon (TA). You’ll feel an acute pain, possibly hear a noise as loud as a gunshot, feel faint and a little clammy and find that you cannot stand properly on your toes
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Bodyworks: Calcaneal Bursa
By Patrick Milroy on 05/06/2000 14:15:57
How to recognise it, how to overcome it
of the heel, youll feel acute tenderness and pain when you move it or even apply light pressure.SignsYour swollen heel may look more red than the other one, and the swelling is often so hard it can feel like bone partly because it sometimes is, as a bony
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5 Ways to Beat Injury
By Ben Palfreyman on 08/07/2010 15:56:20
GB sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey gives us his hard-earned advice on how to avoid and overcome the pain of injury
of your joints and extremities. Tight or imbalanced muscles in the back are regular causes of injury as they are often ignored in training. Pilates can balance those muscles by simultaneously stretching and strengthening the muscles that are pulling
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Bodyworks: Anterior Compartment Syndrome
By Patrick Milroy on 05/06/2000 13:48:57
How to recognise it, how to overcome it
UAN:205 Article type:--Symptoms The chances are that you are an oversupinator, and youll feel pain brought on by exercise in the area just outside the front of the tibia, although you may find it diffuse and hard to locate. It often follows
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Q+A: I've had a 3-year break. Now I have pains...
By Christian Brookes on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
ve increased your training in six weeks. The three main factors to consider are: frequency (how often you run), intensity (how hard you run) and duration (how long you run). An over-zealous increase in any of these factors will often result in symptoms of one
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The Top 10 Routes To Injury
By Runner's World on 05/06/2002 12:23:01
Of course you wouldn't make these classic injury-causing mistakes... but just in case, here they are
of an impediment than a virtue. When you are building up to a longer race or coming back from injury, the temptation is to do it too rapidly.Prevention: Increase your mileage by no more than 10 per cent per week. 9. Not allowing yourself enough recovery timeTraining
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