Q Id only been running for a few months when I noticed a twinge down the outside of my left ankle, which was accompanied by some swelling. After a two-week rest I started to run again, but within three days the ankle was again very painful. An X
Q Ive been suffering from pain in my right calf for a couple of weeks. I rest for a few days and then run, but I cant seem to shake it off. How long should I rest for, and are there any exercises I can do to speed recovery?A With any injury
Q During a recent run, my left hamstring seemed to become quite tight. Im worried that Ive picked up a strain, but as Im training for the Flora London Marathon, Im reluctant to see a physio wholl just tell me to rest. At the moment I
of running and strengthens muscles that running does not exercise. In both of these ways, cross-training can help to protect you from injury.Replace an easy run or rest day with a cross-training workout. After all, it is often not total rest that your body
– the result of poor judgement, overenthusiasm or simple stupidity. So arm yourself in advance: here are the 10 most common routes to injury – and, more importantly, how to avoid them.1. Wearing new shoes on race dayThis is tempting, because new running shoes
a mile or so of my run to my normal pace and a jog/walk warm-down at the end of my session to be perfectly adequate. The one thing that I have finally learnt to appreciate is rest between sessions. Whatever standard you’re at, rest days are really
such as psoriasis.Self-treatmentIf you’re courageous enough, make a needle red-hot and let it burn through the centre of the nail, about 3-5mm up from the base to relieve the pent-up blood underneath. You can squeeze out the rest of the blood by hand
by your doctor may cause you to overreact! Your injured leg probably looks no different to the other, although running through long-term injury may cause muscle-wasting and alter its appearance.Medical investigations As above, although x-rays are generally
RICE is commonly used as an aide mémoire.R stands for Rest common sense, really, but a runner in the middle of a race or training session may not heed the symptoms of a less severe injury and just carry on. There may be some excuse, as exercise
Rouzier, author of The Sports Medicine Patient Adviser (Sportmed Press). Of the shin injuries, stress fractures demand the strictest rehab: usually six to eight weeks of rest. Research suggests using anti-inflammatories can interfere with bone
