Marathon season is upon us. If you’ve started training you might be starting to feel the effects. Read my top five blogs on running.
1. Shin Splints or Compartment Syndrome
Shin splints result when muscles, tendons and bone tissue become overworked. They often occur in athletes who’ve recently intensified or changed their training routines. It results with pain in the shin and calf and increases on exercise.
Compartment syndrome is a serious condition that occurs when there’s a large amount of pressure inside a muscle compartment due to blood or tissue swelling. It results in pain on exertion that increases with exercise and eases with rest.
2. Runners Knee, it’s not just for runners
Runner’s knee is the common term used to describe any one of several conditions that cause pain around the kneecap, also known as the patella. These conditions include anterior knee pain syndrome, patellofemoral malalignment, chondromalacia patella, and iliotibial band syndrome. Here we focus on iliotibial band syndrome. A painful condition in which connective tissue rubs against the thighbone.
Iliotibial band syndrome occurs when the connective tissue (ligament) extending from the pelvic bone to the shinbone becomes so tight that it rubs against the thighbone. Distance runners are especially susceptible to it.The main symptom is pain between the hip and knees that worsens with activity.
3. Healthy feet, happy life
Foot and ankle pain or injury is a fast track to pain and disability. Maintaining good foot and ankle mobility will in turn help keep you mobile and active. There are a host of problems that the feet can be presented with. Here are a few tips on keeping them at bay.
4. Four easy exercises for Achilles tendonitis
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscle to the heel bone.
It’s common in runners and middle-aged people who play sports only on the weekends. Heel pain and tenderness are key symptoms. Treatment usually involves at-home care under a physical therapists supervision, such as strengthening, rest and pain relievers.
5. All about hamstrings
In human anatomy, a hamstring is one of the three posterior thigh muscles in between the hip and the knee (from medial to lateral: semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris) and are considered the most injured muscles in the body. Read on to find out more on how to look after them.
