How to prevent blisters, chafing, black toenails, and other war wounds of running
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Cure Your Next Side Stitch
The best way to cure a side ache while running is to try something else for a while.
Restore tired muscles
After a long run or race, your legs, back and shoulders feel sore and tight. Restore those weary muscles with these gentle yoga poses.
Stress Fracture
Unlike an acute fracture that happens as the result of a slip or fall, stress fractures develop as a result of cumulative strain on the bone.
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
Runners who develop ITBS may overpronate, have a leg-length discrepancy, or suffer from weak hip abductor and gluteal muscles.
Shinsplints
‘Shinsplints’ refers to medial tibial stress syndrome, an achy pain that results when small tears occur in the muscles around your tibia (shin bone).
Hamstring Issues
The muscles that run down the back of our thighs bend our knees, extend our legs, drive us up hills, and power finish-line kicks. So when our hamstrings are too tight or weak to perform well, we notice it.
Runner’s Knee
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), or ‘runner’s knee’, is the irritation of the cartilage on the underside of the patella (kneecap).
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