better foot position so you push off properly. Also really work on single leg balance (bare footed)– improving muscle recruitment with your foot in a good position will help. Try balancing for 30 seconds 4 or 5 times a day and progress to waving your arms

Lorraine Western, a sports massage practitioner with a master's degree in sports injury management (stayfitsportsmassage.com). "Quality research depends on using a repeatable method, but as every massage treatment is unique to the individual at that moment

UAN:151 Article type:--SymptomsYou’ll feel pain of course, particularly as you take off from the injured leg, and also after sleep when you first stretch the slightly-healed scar tissue that has formed overnight (a ‘drop-foot splint’ can keep

treated Ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis, shoulder and back pain, leg-muscle pulls and strains, and other overuse injuries. They will also provide postoperative therapy and care. When to go If your injury hasn’t cleared up after five to seven days

kind or another. Often, people returning to running make the mistake of thinking that, because they’ve run before, they can very quickly increase their training without risking injury. But the legs in particular require a gradual increase in the amount

is the largest nerve in the leg and which passes down the back of the thigh, emerges through the back of the pelvis under some muscles which often become tight in runners.An added complication can be the after-effects of pregnancy and childbirth. In the last

injury has probably left scar tissue on your Achilles, and once scar tissue has become inflexible and tight, it can be very difficult to mobilise. The efforts you have made to massage and stretch the tendon are good, but it may be worth discussing some

and dramatically increase your risk of injury.The running community's recent focus on biomechanics (how different forces act on the body, including gravity) means a confusing parade of running crazes - including barefoot running and the Chi or Pose techniques

The only thing runners fear more than rabid dogs and toilet emergencies is getting hurt. An injury means taking a break, and runners hate the thought of losing fitness, gaining weight or missing an endorphin fix. But what if you knew what injuries

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