UAN: 199 Article type:--If you want to know more about running injuries, you're in the right place. This is an archive of Bodyworks, a series of columns that ran for two years in Runner's World UK. It was written by RW Medical Advisor Dr Patrick

Miss out holes to relieve pressureShirl2 - My solution was one I read in Runner's World. Try lacing your shoes differently, ie: lace the bottom two set of holes as normal then miss the next set of holes so there is a gap, and lace the other holes as usual

to their normal lengths. Then when you start to exercise, your muscles stretch even more to about 10 per cent longer than their resting lengths. This means you have a 20 per cent change in muscle length from the time you get out of bed until your muscles are well