What causes injuires in runners?

Running for fitness or competition might appear like a simple exercise, yet up to 50 % of all runners can get some sort of injury every year. That injury might be minor and they run through it until it gets better or it could be serious enough for them to have to quit running or jogging. The most frequent reason for these running injuries is that they merely over did it. They ran too much before the body is given time to adapt or get used to the miles being run. Each time that a load is applied to the body it is essential to give it a rest before you apply another load by going for another run. If too much load is applied before recuperation from a previous workout, any damage get exacerbated and this could progress into an injury. Rest is equally as important as the training runs and that is how fitness and strength is increased and is also how injury is averted.

In addition to the too much too soon scenario, biomechanics also has a role. This is the way that we run and different athletes do it in different ways. Different running techniques will affect different tissues in a different way and load some tissues too much, so that when running that may be enough to result in . For example, disorders like medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) may occur when the distance between the foot placement when running is too narrow. Those with this condition might benefit from running with a wider base of gait. Another frequent biomechanical problem in runners can be tight calf muscles. When running this makes the mid-foot (arch) of the foot to collapse or flatten and may result in a a range of injuries like plantar fasciitis to runners knee. These people will benefit the most from a calf muscle stretching rehab plan. The treatment of running injuries is dependent upon the cause and really should be directed at the cause, whether its biomechanics to training load concerns.