Running injuries affect one in every three runners, research figures suggest
that high school athletes alone experience approximately two million
injuries, leading to almost 500,000 visits to healthcare providers and nearly
30,000 hospitalizations each year.
The most common cause of injury amongst new runners is -Too much too soon,
as with any sport build your routine slowly and don't try to run before you
can walk.
Watch your hydration Levels carefully as dehydration severely tightens
muscles causing cramps and in severe cases, heat stroke.
One final thing to watch is
overtraining. Know your Limits!
Knee Pain
The two main types of Knee injury are : Chondromalacia and Illiotibial Band
Syndrome (ITBS).
Chondromalacia
is a degeneration of the tissue under the kneecap (patella),as a result the
bones grind against each other causing irritation and pain, which is normally
felt directly behind the kneecap.
Iliotibial Band Syndrome occurs when the band of fibrous tissue that that
runs down the outside of the thigh repeatedly rubs over the bump of the
thighbone (femur), close to the knee, causing irritation to the band. The
pain is felt on the outside of the knee right above the joint.
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Lower Leg Pain
The two main types of Lower leg injury are : Shin Splints and Achilles
Tendonitis.
Shin Splints
or Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS)
occurs as a result of overload on the shinbone and the connective tissues
that attach the bone to the muscle. Pain is felt along the Shinbone (Tibia)
at the front of the lower Leg.
Achilles Tendonitis accounts for around 11% of all running injuries, if
left untreated this injury can lead to an
Achilles Tendon Rupture. Pain is normally felt in the back of the
lower leg usually close to the heel.
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Foot Pain
The two most common areas of foot pain
are; the heel and the Mid foot.
Heel Pain ;usually starts with
Plantar Fasciitis which is an inflamation of the tissue that connects the
heel and the ball of the foot, if left untreated this can lead to a case of
Calcaneal Bursa, which is an inflamation of
the fluid sac at the back of the heel bone.
Hallux Rigidus is the term used to describe a form of degenerative
arthritis, affecting the joint located at the base of the big toe.
Mortons Neuroma is defined as an inflammatory foot problem characterized
by pain and swelling at the ball-of-the-foot. The condition occurs mostly
between the 3rd and 4th toes.
Onychocryptosis or an
in growing toenail is a condition when the sides or corners of the toe
nail curl down and dig into the skin leading to swelling, pain and redness.
This usuall affects the Big Toe.
Knee Pain
Lower Leg Pain
Foot Pain
Toe Pain
The two main types of Knee injury are : Chondromalacia and Illiotibial Band
Syndrome (ITBS).
The two main types of Lower leg injury are : Shin Splints and Achilles
Tendonitis.
The two most common areas of foot pain
are; the heel and the Mid foot.
