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Q Until two years ago I ran three times a week on woodland trails, but have recently joined colleagues for lunchtime runs, mainly on pavements. Since then Ive experienced pain in both legs from just below my calf muscle to the Achilles tendon
Q I have a triple injury. First I got a pain under my hip, then a swollen ankle and now a pain in the back of my knee. All on the right side. I recently switched from trail to road running could it be due to the camber?A There could be two
choice. Wallow in self-pity, lose your aerobic base, put on weight and make yourself and everyone around you miserable or get a life. Here's the plan...1. No whining If you love to run, there's no denying that injury downtime can be a
into injury. Don't add more than two or three miles a week (or 10 per cent, whichever is greater).The surface you run on makes a huge difference to the impact your body absorbs. Try to do at least half your running on grass or off-road trails. Also, get your
Put a pin in itAfter great initial success with a gold at the World Youth Championships in 2006, Harry suffered from a spinal injury which took him out of action for almost a year. Stress fractures on the vertebral column in his back meant he
In the mid-1970s, Runner's World Medical Editor George Sheehan, M.D., confirmed that he was hardly the only runner beset by injuries: a poll of the magazine's readers revealed that 60 per cent reported chronic problems. To describe himself
GETTY IMAGESMost runners know about injuries. They're almost part of the game. Run long enough or hard enough, and you'll probably come down with an ache that will temporarily sideline you.Fortunately, most running injuries are short-term. After a
