We, the runners, participate in impact activity where we pummel the ground with our feet and send shockwaves throughout the body. Body doesn’t like shocks and the moment will come when the alarm will ring and we might get injured. Not the most comforting intro into a running blog but there you go....
Category:Runners injuries
This category includes articles on topics of the most common runners injuries – what they are, how to avoid them and what to look out for when healing: Runner’s knee, IT band injury, back strains, the Achiles heel, shin splints, fractures and others.
Tips and advice on how avoid runner’s injuries by recognising early signs and symptoms. Articles are suitable for new runners as well as those who have been running for a while Get the most out of your runs by staying healthy and free from injuries!
Stretching For Runners – How Important Is It And Where To Start?
I sometimes think back of my age of innocence when I began to run. I had nearly no knowledge of anything associated with beginners running, all I thought was ‘put some shoes on and run’. No idea of the gear, food, training plans, hydration, types of running, let alone something called stretching....
Runner’s Knee – What Is It, Why It Happens, And How To Avoid It
When I decided to take up running all I could think of was my exciting new hobby, the ‘new me’, the wealth of health benefits which I would reap by running in the parks, carefree and healthy with a newly sculpted fabulous body moving majestically at blinding speeds. Alright, maybe not blinding...
11 Questions To Ask Yourself When You Start Running
When I first started running I was all out but I didn’t know how to do some things. Running should be simple and yet there were questions to ask yourself when you start running that I could not answer. I wanted to run, I wanted to enjoy it so I simply wanted to know: 1. What to wear? Wear whatever...
How To Start Running? 7 Basic Rules to Making A Good Start
If you’ve decided that running will be the starting point in your new health plan that will turn you into a fitter, leaner and faster human machine with healthier blood pressure and cholesterol levels, stronger heart and clearer mind, then I cannot complement your decision enough. But where to...