-limb alignment may also be useful, and orthoses can sometimes help as well. —Nick Critchley, chartered physiotherapist and exercise physiologist at the Medifit Health & Fitness Centre, London

with no problems once they’ve had appropriate treatment, so I certainly wouldn’t give up hope.—Nick Critchley, chartered physiotherapist at the Medifit clinic

soreness, and often for several days after it has gone, the muscles are weaker than they were, and therefore susceptible to further microtrauma. —Nick Critchley, chartered physiotherapist with Medifit medical and fitness centres