conditions
Running Injury
If you have a running injury you are not alone. The incidence of running injuries is 50% in one year with younger athletes more susceptible to injuries at the knee and hip and older athletes in the calf, ankle and foot. With the repetitive cycle and 2.5 x your bodyweight striking the ground with every step, running injuries are common and do not often go away with just rest alone.
Signs that your body is saying “I need help” when running :
- You have pain when running!
- You have pain that eases once you have started running but returns afterwards (common with a tendinopathy).
- You have morning pain on first weight bearing (common with achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis).
- You have pain that builds up during a run (more common with stress fractures, medial tibial stress syndrome).
- You are having to limit your running volume and intensity.
- If you run slower the pain is less (more common with hamstring tendinopathy, iliotibial band syndrome or tissues that are constantly moving through a stretch and shorten cycle).
- You have to avoid downhills (more common with knee pain).
- You feel unstable on uneven surfaces (more common with a lateral ankle sprain that has not been through a correct rehabilitation cycle.
- Your pain varies with shoe choice (common with Achilles, knee and foot symptoms).
Common running injuries that we can help you with (not exhaustive!)
- Runner's Knee (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome) -Iliotibial (IT) Band Syndrome
- Plantar Fasciitis (plantar heel pain)
- Ankle Sprains
- Tendinopathy/tendinitis (most commonly achilles, peroneal, tibialis posterior, hamstring, gluteals)
- Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)
- Stress Fractures (commonly in the feet, tibia, pelvis and femur)
- Muscle Strains and tears(most commonly in the hamstring, calf)
- Mortons neuroma
- Lots of runners have referred pain from the lower back and trigger point pain from muscles