UAN:198 Article type:--Runners and injuries are frequent bedfellows. If you run long enough or often enough, you will almost inevitably run your way into a problem. Some, of course, are unavoidable, but a large majority are self inflicted

down gently on the top of the knee.If you have a helper, you can also try a PNF stretch technique called contract and relax, where you push your thigh up against their hand for five seconds and then relax, which should enable you to increase the stretch

and your back leg out behind you. From here, keep an upright posture, and then slowly lean forwards and rotate away from the hip of the leg which is stretched out behind you. You should feel the stretch in the top of this hip. Once you feel the stretch

Q After repeatedly suffering from injuries, I was prescribed some rigid orthoses. The good news is that none of my old injuries has returned, but the bad news is that I can’t run more than 20 miles a week because of a tender heel. It’s worse

rolling."Physical therapy is like homework," says Price. "None of us like having to do it, but  if you don't, the issue will recur."Price and the team of top sports injury experts you'll hear from over the following pages have isolated the seven running

. Lift up your trunk, and keep your back straight throughout the lifting and descending motion. Don’t raise your head to look at your knees – keep your eyes fixed on a point on the ceiling. Imagine a string connecting the top of your head to the base

Q I was on target for a time of around 3:30 after 20 miles of this year’s Flora London Marathon, when I was hit by cramp. It started at the top of one leg, but soon moved to both legs. Half a mile from the finish, my legs locked completely and I

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

and dramatically increase your risk of injury.The running community's recent focus on biomechanics (how different forces act on the body, including gravity) means a confusing parade of running crazes - including barefoot running and the Chi or Pose techniques

-angles to your body. Keeping your right leg outstretched, lift your left knee towards your chest. Now tuck your left foot behind your right knee, and roll onto your right side, taking your left knee over the top towards the floor. Turn your head to look down your