Ferber.Action Plan Be the tortoise, not the hare. Increase your weekly and monthly running totals gradually. Use the 10 per cent rule as a general guideline, but realise that it might be too aggressive for you - especially if you are injury prone. A five

of my friends who have been running for years warned me that they had done real damage by not stretching this muscle as it tightens up after running, and can pull your knee joint to one side causing pain and injury. When I first started running I didn

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

mine on the outside of the knee) will get inflamed as a protective mechanism – to prevent further injury to the knee. This can be an absolutely devastating, grating 'bone on bone' pain which completely stops running but disappears when walking, but can

UAN: Article type:-->Runners get injured. There’s no point denying it and no reason to hide it. That’s the bad news. The good news, though, is that most running injuries are soft-tissue injuries which you can resolve yourself with ice, rest

specific joint, such as the knee. Minimum qualification There is no strict definition of a sports doctor, rather this is a catch-all phrase for a variety of medical professionals with a specific interest in sports injuries, which could include orthopaedic

major pain. But try to keep it in perspective. Most running injuries are relatively minor and will heal in due time. It may seem catastrophic when you can't run, but a bad case of shin splints is nothing when you compare it to friends who have real

GETTY IMAGESIf you've been running well and your muscles feel fine, stretching might seem like a waste of good running time. But scheduling in some stretching could slash your chance of getting injured, help you recover from existing injuries