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Injury-proof your body: calves and shins
By Ted Spiker on 01/05/2007 14:26:20
The calf and shin are pretty simple structures, but their health is key to your running. here's how to take care of yours
of the leg more than the front, runners often have overworked, tight calf muscles and weak shin muscles. This can lead to four specific lower-leg injuries – calf pulls, shin splints, stress fractures and compartment syndrome.A calf pull (also called a strain
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Injury-proof your body: calves and shins (Preview)
By Ted Spiker on 30/04/2007 14:51:29
The calf and shin are pretty simple structures, but their health is key to your running. here's how to take care of yours (Non-subscriber preview)
of the leg more than the front, runners often have overworked, tight calf muscles and weak shin muscles. This can lead to four specific lower-leg injuries – calf pulls, shin splints, stress fractures and compartment syndrome.A calf pull (also called a strain
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How I (Finally) Beat Shin Splints
By Shattered Shins on 06/05/2004 12:07:01
RW member Shattered Shins tried everything under the sun to overcome chronic shin splints. Here's her account of what worked for her - and what didn't. (This is not an official RW article, but she's been sending this to needy RW member
in females due to wider hips (Q-Angle)Twisted pelvis – due to injury / or naturally occurring. This can result in knee injuries or a twisting shin (shin splints / stress fractures) due to differential loading and may also show itself as (3)Real or Apparent
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Q+A: Why these shin splints after five years?
By Nick Critchley on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q Ive been running for five years with very few injuries, but recently Ive been experiencing pain in both shins. The pain is on the inside of my legs, just off-centre. I tried resting for three weeks as suggested by my GP, but the problem
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Shinsplints - How To Beat them
By Patrick Milroy on 04/06/2000 15:57:59
The body's components, and how they become damaged
UAN:234 Article type:--Shinsplints are one of the most common running injuries. They result from tired or inflexible calf muscles putting too much stress on tendons, which become strained and torn. Overpronation aggravates this problem, as can
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Trouble Spots: How To Avoid Common Injuries
By Beth Dreher on 29/06/2009 09:00:15
We're all prone to injuries, but which ones? Here's how to sidestep aches and pains before they take hold (non-subscriber preview)
The only thing runners fear more than rabid dogs and toilet emergencies is getting hurt. An injury means taking a break, and runners hate the thought of losing fitness, gaining weight or missing an endorphin fix. But what if you knew what injuries
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Best of the forum: Health & Injury
By Runner's World on 27/06/2003 10:18:33
Highlights and frequently asked questions from our Health & Injury forum
by members of Runner's World just like you. If you want to bring a discussion back to life, don't be shy: just add a new message at the end of it. Alternatively, start a new thread on the injury & health forum. HEALTH: BEATING INJURYFoot Blisters
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Trouble Spots: How To Avoid Common Injuries
By Beth Dreher on 29/06/2009 08:00:43
We're all prone to injuries, but which ones? Here's how to sidestep aches and pains before they take hold
The only thing runners fear more than rabid dogs and toilet emergencies is getting hurt. An injury means taking a break, and runners hate the thought of losing fitness, gaining weight or missing an endorphin fix. But what if you knew what injuries
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Injuries A-Z
By Runner's World on 05/06/2002 12:43:09
From Achilles Rupture through to, okay, Tibial Periositis, this is the complete RW guide to running injuries
(shin)Knee injuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament injuryBaker's CystHoffars syndrome Medial Collateral Ligament injury Meniscal CystMeniscal InjuriesOsgood-Schlatters diseasePatellar TendinitisPosterior Compartment SyndromeRunner's KneeUpper-leg injuries
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Bodyworks: Tibial Periositis
By Patrick Milroy on 05/06/2000 16:04:52
How to recognise it, how to overcome it
UAN:232 Article type:--Symptoms There is pain and tenderness along the inside of the lower tibia (shin). You are probably an overpronator with uncorrected feet and may have begun more hill sessions or speedwork.Signs A light touch to the bone
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