The last thing you want is one of those nasty running injuries.
Running injuries can occur due to a number of reasons, e.g
too much mileage, not enough rest, bad running shoes, but
also due to bad posture, joint and muscle stiffness and poor
running mechanics.
Just started running? Then you may not be familiar with the types
of running injuries you can face.
The page aims to introduce you with several kinds of running
injuries.
Knowing running injuries will help you avoid them.
Running
Knee Pain
One of the most common running injuries is knee pain. The
usual symptoms of this injury include pain directly under the kneecap,
or the surrounding area.
The knee is a complex bit of the human body and depending on the
condition you can have pain on the inside, outside, back or front of
the knee. Often with knee pain it is tougher to climb
or descend stairs.
Heel pain is also a common type of injury. It varies from a slight tightness
in the bottom of your foot to an intense heel pain. One usual symptom
of the injury is that the pain may be worse when getting out of bed in
the morning and the pain may lessen after a few steps. This injury is
often caused by overpronation or other mechanical issues.
Orthotics or other running shoes may help, although you will need to
find out the exact issue first.
Calf cramps and Leg cramps when running is an extremely unpleasant and painful injury. From novices to the experienced runners all alike succumb to running cramps from time to time.
It is believed that the injury is mainly caused by overdoing exerting yourself through exercise, muscle fatigue, excessive body weight, wearing old and worn shoes, neglecting to stretch, having an awkward running style, poor nutrition and dehydration.
Running back pain can also be a real problem for you.
Surprisingly running back pain is not usually caused by
running. The injury may occur, if you use poor
shoes that do not cushion the impact adequately. It may
also occur if you run on a very hard surface.
If your shoes do not cushion or you run on a hard surface, you may feel
a lot of jarring of the spine, legs and hips. As a result, you may get
running back pain. Sometimes poor running posture may also contribute
to the running back pain.
Another common running injury is foot pain. This pain is often related
to your footwear, e.g. shoes not fitting properly, or due for a
replacement. Foot pain may start anywhere in the foot, including the
heel, toes, arch, instep, sole, or ankles.
Shin splints is often referred to as any pain at the front of the lower
leg. However, the symptoms of the true shin splints occur at the front
inside of the shin bone. The injury
results from inflammation from injury to the tendon and adjacent
tissues in the front of the outer leg.
A primary cause of this is a sudden increase in distance or intensity
of a workout schedule. The pain of shin splints is usually located on
the outer edge of the mid region of the leg next to the shin bone
(tibia).
Runners are at quite a high risk of developing Achilles tendon pain.
This running injury usually occurs from repetitive stress on the
tendon, leading to micro-injury of the tendon fibers. Because
of this continuous stress on the tendon, the body is unable to repair
the injured tissue.
As a result the structure of the tendon becomes altered and causes
continued pain. The location of Achilles tendon pain is usually in two
places: the insertion of the Achilles tendon onto the heel and the
place about two inches above the ankle joint
at the Myotendonous Junction.
Another common, painful foot condition runners may face
is plantar fasciitis. It refers to the syndrome of
inflammation of the band of tissue that runs from the heel along the
arch of the foot.
It is also known as heel spur.
The pain associated with plantar fasciitis is often most severe when
you first stand on your feet in the morning.
It subsides quite quickly, but then returns after prolonged standing or
running. It is believed that plantar fasciitis is mostly
caused from the very tight calf muscles
which lead to prolonged or high velocity pronation of the foot.
One of the little injuries you need to take note of is a Black Toenail and judging by the name I am guessing you would get the general gist of what such an injury would look like. This is also commonly known as a runner's toe. You will find planty of information about
Black Toenail.
Nipple chafing is an annoying running injury you can get especially on long runs. Learn more about the why and how of bleeding nipples and find out how to prevent this.
Posterior tibial tendonitis affects the inner ankle and foot area and can be quite painful. Find out what to do about this type of running injury in this article.
You may be prone to running stress fractures in your feet, ankles and legs if you are a regular runner because the repetitive impact can be hard on your bones. Learn more about running stress fractures in this article on Best Running Gear.
Iliotibial band syndrome (ITB) is an overuse injury which many, many runners might have to face sometime in their careers. For more information visit the following link.
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