Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Injuries- can you prevent them?


Every year, since I was a freshman I have been diagnosed with some type of injury. From a broken hip, to stress fractures, I feel like I have been through alot. I never had one injury in high school. So why now?

After visiting www.active.com there is a section that is titled injury prevention. When you click on that, there are all kinds of examples that can help you out in your running career.

Here are just a few:
1) When able to, run on soft surfaces such as clay or grass.
2) Change shoes about every 500 miles.
3) Stretch before and after activity
4) Make sure you are eating right and plenty of calcium( This is why I got stress fractures)

Happy trails!

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