Fitness Swellness: How to prevent common running injuries

November 6, 2013

I’m not a physiotherapist, I just run a lot.

(Did you read that and hear it in your head like that dirty chorus in that Big Pun song? Enjoy having that stuck in your head all day…you’re welcome!)

Back to running — I get asked all the time what to do for shin splints or IT band issues or some other running injury. Other than a few stretches for some types of aches and pains, I usually can’t offer much advice as I’ve — knock on wood — never had to deal with an injury (other than scraping the skin off both kneecaps when I tripped over my own two feet, and that doesn’t count) so I’ve never immersed myself into the topic.

But I do have some help for you now — check out this post I wrote for CanadianLiving.com addressing a few common running injuries and how you can prevent them.

 

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Tags: achilles, Canadian Living, injury, IT band, knee, marathon, pain, plantar fasciitis, runner's knee, running, running injuries, shin splints, tendonitis