's particularly important to strengthen the hip muscles. He claims his clinic has cured 92 per cent of knee injuries with a hip regimen."Strengthening the hips is optimal for effective rehabilitation, as opposed to treating the area where the pain is located (e

without disturbance. Reinforcing a positive pre-swim routine that's geared towards building a positive and confident mood will help you even if you're injured, says Chambers. "If you keep practising your mental rehearsal through periods of rehabilitation

and wait for the slower systems to catch up.Rehabilitation is an important part of coming back from an injury, but treat it with disrespect and you'll be back on the injury list faster than you can say "That really hurt." If you're smart, you'll listen

rehabilitation.Before long, she’d signed up for a revisit to the racing arena – a five-miler in rural Northamptonshire – the memories of which are as vivid as ever. "I hadn’t run the distance. In fact I’d only run outside a couple of times," she admits. "The

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. There are various possible causes – the runner has bad biomechanics or bad bone structure; has followed bad training advice or owns bad shoes; has weak quads or tight hamstrings. Rehabilitation advice includes a programme of rest, icing, strengthening the quads

discussed some ideas so she is well prepared. And, as her focus shifts away from injury rehabilitation and back onto running, I plan to introduce a ‘topic of the week' on her thread to try and spark some debate.A key area will definitely be recovery, both