tends to mean you are landing heel first, with a straight leg extended in front of you. This transfers impact through your heel and knees and into your hips, placing great strain on your lower body. When you run your feet should land under your body

. This in turn causes sharp, intense pain that limits hip movement, and any activity requiring contraction of the muscles around the abdomen or hip, or that increases the pressure within your abdomen – such as coughing, sneezing or going to the toilet. While

the wide opening bag, then there’s an expanding back pocket, a zippable top pocket, mesh side stows and a removable hip pocket and phone holder. Like all three packs here, though, the zip closure of the main pack means that, although it’s easy to fill, you

10 times on each side.Iliotibial Band SyndromeThe two muscles associated with the ITB are the tensor fascia lata (TFL) and gluteus maximus. This exercise concentrates on the TFL, which runs down the outside of the thigh from just below the hip

and your back leg out behind you. From here, keep an upright posture, and then slowly lean forwards and rotate away from the hip of the leg which is stretched out behind you. You should feel the stretch in the top of this hip. Once you feel the stretch

UAN: Article type:++ADD PICS++add link to 'posture enhancing stretches'-->In addition to doing posture-enhancing stretches, you will need to strengthen your lower abdominals, hamstrings, glutes, quads and rotators of the hip, in the functional

-down on the floor, propped up on your elbows, with knees and feet together.Exercise: Engage the core and lift the hips and knees off the floor, taking the weight through your elbows and feet only, with the body in a straight line. Hold for 10 seconds and repeat

of the most commonly injured regions of the body. Putting in the miles on the road can lead to chronically tight hip flexors (the iliopsoas muscles, which run from the lumbar vertebrae to the femur). Hip flexor problems can lead to an anterior pelvic tilt

Foot | Achilles | Ankle Area | Lower leg | Knee | Hip Area / Upper leg | Upper-body | Chest | Digestion/diarrhoea | Women's issues | CreditsThese are highlights and frequently asked questions from our injury & health forums. They were created

and motivating. This month we will focus on leg drills.Your legs should help elevate your hips and body but many swimmers find the opposite happens. It's a common problem and the solution is straightforward, though it can take a little time because such technique