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01/04/2022

Poor Running Form and Training Error are Common Causes of Running Related Injuries.

If you are a runner and are struggling to train and compete due to small niggles that keep coming back.

8 Common Injuries
ITB Syndrome
Plantar Fasciitis
Achilles Tendon Pain
Patella Tendinopathy
Patella Femoral Pain Syndrome
Tibial Stress Syndrome
Gluteus Medius Pain
Meniscal Tear

Consider getting a Running Injury Assessment at Runfit Coach & Clinic - Specialist in Running injuries and Technique Coaching.

DM Me Now To Schedule a Call To See How Runfit Can Help You.

Too Much Too Soon We have all done it....wanting to get our value for money and taste every dish on the all-inclusive ho...
08/03/2022

Too Much Too Soon

We have all done it....wanting to get our value for money and taste every dish on the all-inclusive holiday menu.

You arrive at the hotel dining room for breakfast and make sure you indulge in the continental breakfast, the full fry-up and don't forget the extra pastries.

The same is repeated at lunch and dinner with 4 courses and not to mentions the cocktails.

Now your sitting there wondering weather its safe to move as you feel woozy from the indulgent feast.

It's only the first day of the holidays and you have already over done it!

This is very like the situation runners find themselves in when they get tendon pain of the achilles or knee.

They may have just gotten over an injury or registered for a marthon.

They feel fresh and motivated to hit their high expectations and start training harder and longer to get fitter "quicker".

The number one reason for getting tendon pain is by going beyond your capacity and loading them too much, too fast, too far, too intense and too soon.

This causes your tendon to get irritated and painful and sets you back with your training.

You have over done it with your training load!

If you are struggling with tendon pain due to running and need help in getting out of pain DM me to book a Running Assessment.

Cadence is the number of steps that you take per minute while running. If 2 people are running side by side at the same ...
24/02/2022

Cadence is the number of steps that you take per minute while running.

If 2 people are running side by side at the same speed but runner A had a low cadence and runner B has a high cadence. The load or force will be distributed to different areas of the body. Usually someone running at a lower cadence will cause the following:

๐Ÿ”ถ Excessive bobbing up and down when they run -wasting energy
๐Ÿ”ถ Over striding or reaching out in front with their foot to lengthen their step
๐Ÿ”ถ More stress at the hip, knee and ankle.

By increasing your cadence by as little as 5% can reduce running load at the knee by 20%. By taking small and faster step it can help reduce load put on the body when injured.

If you are suffering from knee or leg pain when running DM me know to find out about our 1/2 price Running Injury Assessment for โ‚ฌ50 ( usually โ‚ฌ100).

Strengthening the small muscles located in your foot has been seen to decrease the risk of running related injuries. A s...
27/01/2022

Strengthening the small muscles located in your foot has been seen to decrease the risk of running related injuries.

A stronger foot took longer to develop an injury.

There are many ways to develop foot strength including walking at home in your bare feet, using minimised shoes for daily activities and specific foot strengthening exercises.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†!๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดDonโ€™t let your ...
13/01/2022

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†!

๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Donโ€™t let your leg turn into a pole vault. Using your legs like in the pole vault is an aggressive technique to use when running. When we look at the stress that is put into the pole during a jump we see it bends excessively. Fortunately our bones donโ€™t bend but this force has to go somewhere when we reach with an outstretched leg. Usually the shin, knee or back are likely areas of the body to be loaded more.

Instead, we should use the legs more like a spring to transfer energy to move us in a forward direction. Landing closer to our body allows us to keep a flex in the knee which can generate energy to push us in a forward direction, making it less stressful on the body.

Land closer to you and push back strong. Repeat again.

Tag a running buddy below and let me know if the is analogy helped!

Are you getting shin pain when you run??? Looking at your running technique can help help identify causes of shin pain. ...
12/11/2021

Are you getting shin pain when you run???

Looking at your running technique can help help identify causes of shin pain.

One possible factor is a high foot angle when landing. This usually can increase stress on the shin muscles and cause pain on the front and inside of the shin bone.

Donโ€™t get caught up with the heel strike landing rather look at how large the angle is between the ground and your foot when initially landing on the ground.

Book in for your running NCT to check what might be causing your running a heโ€™s and pains.

Do You Get Pain On The Outside Of Your Knee When You Run?๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿฆต๐ŸปRunfit helps runners with knee pain everyday to keep running...
28/10/2021

Do You Get Pain On The Outside Of Your Knee When You Run?๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿฆต๐Ÿป

Runfit helps runners with knee pain everyday to keep running pain free and find the cause of your pain.

Here are some of the top reason we find that increase the risk of ITB Knee Pain:

๐ŸŸ  Knees touching when you run
๐ŸŸ  Fatigue in the hip muscles
๐ŸŸ  Feet landing across the body
๐ŸŸ  Pelvis dropping down
๐ŸŸ  Doing too much training too soon

Our Goal is to Help Runners get:
โœ… Faster
โœ… Pain free
โœ… Be more consistent
โœ… Run easier
โœ… Injury free

How we keep you running-
๐ŸŸข Client Education
๐ŸŸข Running Technique Training
๐ŸŸข Strength Training
๐ŸŸข Training Plan

If you want to break the injury cycle, run stronger and pain free contact us to book your running analysis to help you run your best.

DM - runfitclinic@gmail.com - 085 1493978

14/10/2021

Why your knees hurt when you run and how you should fix it.
โ€œYou shouldnโ€™t run. Itโ€™s bad for your knees!โ€

This is a cop out answer used when a professional is unsure. Itโ€™s much easier to say this than to take the time to teach someone more efficient running mechanics or technique.

Iโ€™m passionate about changing this mentality. At Runfit we believe in putting in the time next efforts help reduce running injuries for your physical and mental health.

Help me spread the word by tagging a runner that would benefit from these posts.



30/09/2021

Unfortunately, many clients I see often avoid activities because of fear of getting re-injured or poor advice. Avoiding an activity that you want to get back to doing is very rarely the answer.

At Runfit we encourage our client to include running as part of their Rehab. This can be for short intervals that keeps your body strong yet prevents any further irritation to the injury.

We find that this keeps clients motivated and improve adherence to exercise rehabilitation.

Our priority is to get you back to what you love doing!
physio

30/09/2021

Unfortunately, many clients I see often avoid activities because of fear of getting re-injured or poor advice. Avoiding an activity that you want to get back to doing is very rarely the answer.

At Runfit we enough our client to include running as part of their Rehab. This can be for short intervals that keeps your body strong yet prevents any further irritation to the injury.

We find that this keeps clients motivated and improve adherence to exercise rehabilitation.

Our priority is to get you back to what you love doing!
physio

โŒ Cross Over Running โ—๏ธThis is when your feet land across the centre of your body as you look from behind. Similarly to ...
22/09/2021

โŒ Cross Over Running โ—๏ธ

This is when your feet land across the centre of your body as you look from behind. Similarly to how a Supermodel would walk on the catwalk except your running (and hopefully not in high heels)๐Ÿ‘ฃ

๐Ÿƒ At Runfit we tend to see clients that run like this have problems with knee pain especially the outside of the knee. This is called ITB syndrome.

Generally our runner are fine running like this until they decide to increase their training distance or intensity in their runs. This means the tissue gets loaded more because of the excessive positioning and training volume. Causing knee pain as they run๐Ÿ˜ข

What can we do?
1. Get assessed by a professional
2. Modify running gait to off load the knee and ITB
3. Increase hip muscle strength
4. Build a slow progressive training plan.

If you need help with running injuries contact Barry or on 085 1493978

14/09/2021

Are running injuries caused by Running Technique or Training Error?

Let first define them.

Running Technique- is the movement pattern we use while we run. However, it can be difficult to define what a good and bad running Technique is? But we do know that certain Techniques are more economical and related to some injuries.

Training Error- is a sudden increases in how often, far or fast you run. This can cause overuse injuries such as Achilles tendonopathy & Runners knee.

So what causes running injuries?

The truth is that it is probably both combined that causes running injuries. An increase training volume can exacerbate the running Technique fault to stress the muscle/tendon/bone.

How do we fix it?
1. See a Running Rehab Coach to assess the problem.
2. Get a progressive Training plan in place.
3. Temporary Running Technique changes to reduce stress to the injury.

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