thickening in Kagar’s triangle, the area between the front of the tendon and the back of the tibia.What else could it be?It could be Achilles tendinitis, although it is important to remember that you may be suffering from several conditions at once

-leg injuries. We’ll use it anyway, but we’ll focus on the specific problem that is the most common: tendinitis of the lower leg.)Another symptom is pain when you press on the inflamed area. The pain of shinsplints is most severe at the start of a run, but can

, you can't control the movement of your torso as well, and you risk putting excess force on your joints each time your foot lands. This can lead to pain under the knee (known as 'runner's knee'), patellar tendinitis (a sharp pain in the bottom

part of full recovery from this injury is to identify and treat the underlying cause. This usually involves stretching the ITB and strengthening the lateral hip rotators.Your ankle problem may be either localised tendinitis of the peroneal muscles

arise from the joint itself, the joints of the low lumbar vertebra, nerve roots emerging from these vertebra, and from muscles and the tendinous tissue through which they attach into the back of the pelvis. In addition, the sciatic nerve, which

of the North Cheshire Sports Injury Clinic, recalls the recent case of an 18-year-old university student of international standard. “This lad came to see me about a year ago suffering from patella-tendinitis. He hadn’t been able to run effectively for about

, you can't control the movement of your torso as well, and you risk putting excess force on your joints each time your foot lands. This can lead to pain under the knee (known as 'runner's knee'), patellar tendinitis (a sharp pain in the bottom

injuries treated at the centre (42 per cent) occurred at the knee, with PFPS making up 46 per cent of them. The next most common knee injuries were iliotibial band friction syndrome, meniscal injuries and patella tendinitis. Diagnostically, PFPS produces a

Tendinitis, which has meant I have only got back into training in the last month, after two months of not running at all. My achilles is still not 100 per cent but is improving well. Can you recommend any techniques that can be used whilst recovering from

that can’t be run on – chronic shin splints or Achilles tendinitis for instance. Put on one of these devices and you can float in an upright position in the pool while ‘running’ in the water. That means you can maintain your aerobic fitness and work all