Running Injury Prevention

Runners are really good at brushing off pain or discomfort and convincing themselves they are fine even when they are in pain. Its because as runners we are taught to push through things. That’s part of the sport. Long runs get uncomfortable. Workouts get hard. There are days where nothing feels great but you get it done anyway and that’s often where progress happens. remember the saying, "no pain, no gain?" But somewhere along the way, that mindset gets doesn't make sense an

In my PT clinics we always know when a big race is coming up because one or two weeks before race day the phone is ringing off the hook. Pain or small injuries that could be ignored when mileage was low start to get louder and more difficult to run through. Why does this happen? Training Fatigue Most of the time our clients try to pin point the one thing they did that caused the injury, but it is usually not from one single workout - it is overall training fatigue. During the