Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common injuries in runners and one of the most frustrating, because it can last months if it isn’t managed well. Its typical symptom is unmistakable: heel pain with your first steps in the morning that eases as you move and comes back after sitting for a while. Most…
Shin splints are pain along the inner edge of the shinbone that appears when you run, and they are one of the most typical injuries for beginners and for anyone who increases volume too fast. The technical name is medial tibial stress syndrome. They usually improve with a few weeks of load adjustment, but they…
Knee pain from running usually comes down to one of two very common injuries: pain around the kneecap, known as runner’s knee, and iliotibial band syndrome, which hurts on the outside of the knee. They have in common that they appear from overload and improve with changes to your training and strength work, but they…
Achilles tendinitis is one of the most stubborn running injuries: it starts as a mild ache at the back of the ankle and, if ignored, can stay with you for months. Today it is usually called tendinopathy, because rather than inflammation it is an overload of the tendon, which loses its ability to bear load….
Runner injury prevention starts with one fact: almost every runner gets injured at some point, but many of those injuries can be avoided. Most of them don’t come from a bad step or bad luck. They come from overuse, when load builds up faster than your tissues can adapt. In this guide I go over…