Since the running boom of the 1970s, participation and running, running races, and running related events has increased. With this increase in participation, has come the increased rate of injury amongst runners. Approximately 20-90% of runners will become injured at some point during the running career. Many of those to become injured stop running because …
What is running? What movements are involved when one runs? Running is different from walking because of the flight phase (or time when you are in the air, and your feet are not on the ground). Instead of a flight phase, walking has a double stance phase, where both feet are making contact with the …
Well over year ago I started this website as a means of educating runners on injuries and injury prevention. Then things came up. Work got busier, I went on vacation, started training for an Ironman triathlon, lost interest, and decided that my ideas were not good enough. Then I took a continuing education course on …
