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60-Second Guide: Core Stability
By David Mitchell on 13/08/2008 15:05:48
A strong core will make you fitter and faster, as well as minimising your risk of injury
, swimming or racquet sports, then these will help improve your stability. However, it’s worth bearing in mind that you might also increase your risk of injury as well.Pilates Pilates will increase your stability and the health of your joints by improving
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Beat Your Health Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Knock down your injury fears and keep running whatever the terrain or temperature
The Fear: Getting InjuredThe Fix: Train Smarter What is a runner's number one fear? No, it's not being pursued by the giant octopus on the previous pages, but injury, according to two-thirds of RW poll respondents. Start winning your battle
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Big Change: Running & pregnancy
By RW on 13/03/2013 15:26:41
You don’t have to stop running when you become pregnant, but you do need to take things easier.
in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Danish researchers studied the sports and leisure-time activities of 5,749 healthy pregnant women in the first and early second trimesters of their pregnancies. They discovered that physical activity during
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Recovery Rules OK
By on 18/11/2009 14:33:35
If you want to become fitter, stronger and faster, you must recover effectively from training sessions, which means more than simply catching your breath, having a shower and watching TV for the evening
you stay healthy. A poor recovery strategy can lead to fatigue, chronic tiredness, muscle soreness, poor sleep and increased susceptibility to infections and injury. Recovery in the body involves a complex process of adaptation to the physical stress
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Centre Of Attention
By Alyssa Shafer on 26/02/2009 12:38:15
A close look at the muscle groups that make up your core
Having a strong core plays a critical role in your best running performances. And it's not just one ab muscle that's hard at work, says Tim Hilden, an exercise physiologist specialising in running mechanics at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine
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No Pain, All Gain (Preview)
By Christie Aschwanden on 30/03/2009 14:24:26
Prep your body and mind to handle anything your run can throw at it (non-subscriber preview)
my mileage and practised running above 14,000 feet, but still I'd limped home after aggravating an old Achilles injury. Today I was ready for a charmed third try. I was fit, healthy and confident of a top-10 finish. Maybe I'd even break three hours
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40 Best Injury and Health Tips - From The Forum
By Runner's World on 14/06/2005 12:41:16
Last time we checked there were over 8500 threads in the Health + Injury folder, with over 388354 forum posts. Here are some of the highlights
your comments to any of the discussions, and who knows, maybe your experience will help another runner get back off the couch and out running again.Finally the serious bit: if in doubt, consult your doctor or sports injury specialist about health
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A Tale Of Two Steves
By Daniel Benson on 11/02/2004 16:19:53
Steve Lloyd's inspirational tale of weight loss and running. From 31 to 16 stone in four years!
If you were to ask a bunch of runners as to why they took up the sport, you would immediately get a whole load of different responses. It might be that they wanted to get fit, maybe it was to loose weight, or even because they thought
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Reader To Reader: Help, I've Got A Cold!
By Jane Hoskyn on 29/10/2006 14:57:13
Should you run if you've got the sniffles? Here's what you thought...
"How soon should I run after I've had a cold? I've always been sporty, but I've only been running seriously for a few months. In the past when I've had colds and coughs, I've often gone back to sport as soon as I've been able to breathe properly
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Q&A with Physio Matt Todman
By on 10/05/2013 16:47:56
Catch up with the highlights from our recent webchat with Six Physio physio Matt Todman.
Matt qualified as a physio 20 years ago and has spent the past decade at the forefront of sports medicine. He works as a consultant in private practice dealing with everyone from elite level runners to beginners.Q1. I’m grateful for the opportunity
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