preference and experience of your doctor.Can you run through it? Not a hope, though some lightweight plaster and special boots may allow a little walking.Recovery timeAt least six weeks in plaster and probably a minimum of four months to rehabilitation and a

UAN: Article type:++ADD PICS++--You should perform these prior to every run and before all strengthening exercises. Ideally, you should do them every day. PsoasKneel down in a lunge position with your front leg out in front of you at 90 degrees

Q Severe osteoarthritis in both knees has forced me to stop running. Some time ago I read about a pioneering operation that was performed on a professional footballer, in which sections of the knee cartilage were removed, regrown in a laboratory

.Medical treatmentIf you get no relief, your doctor may very occasionally inject steroid, or even immobilise the leg in plaster. Physiotherapy to ease the pain should not be used as a cover to increase training.Can you run through it?/ Recovery timeAlthough full

LSSM and FSMT.Injuries treated Muscle strains; sprains of the back, hips and leg muscles, particularly the quadriceps, hamstrings and calf muscles; shoulder, neck and arm soreness. When to go If you’re stiff or sore after a long run, or have a nagging

with the locomotion of the body,” explains osteopath John Betser. “We are looking at the bones, muscles, joints and ligaments, and how they do or don’t work together.”Minimum qualification Four-year degree course. Injuries treated Back and shoulder injuries, shin

When your lower-back muscles are weak, you are more likely to suffer from nagging pain, bad posture or below-par running. To keep this critical ‘core’ area strong, you need to strengthen and stretch the erector spinae muscle group. The following

movement patterns that allow the muscles of the legs and core to work together. You should perform the exercises below two or three times a week, either on a day that you are not running, or after you have run. The following exercise series is recommended

is preferable for physio use, but the majority of treatment shouldn’t be electrically based – rather add careful local massage to free scarred areas to the self-treatment outlined above.Can you run through it? Yes, but you’re probably foolish and simply

, or to go uphill.SignsLittle difficulty is usually experienced in the diagnosis of a quadriceps tear. There is pain at the site of injury and any resistance to straightening of the knee will cause pain at this site. As a bruise forms, there is thickening