Kevin Maggs discusses the fact that more than any factor, running related injuries are linked with a load/capacity imbalance, and provides a practical guide on how to implement this into clinical practice.
Despite the popularity of massage, many of the common assumptions of what is happening physiologically are poorly evidenced. Alice presents a look at what massage does & doesn’t do, and how we can make it work better.
Tom Goom ‘The Running Physio’ looks at testing readiness to run and run tolerance, planning a return to running and monitoring response, and uses case studies to illustrate the process.
Many runners fear that strength training will make them slow and muscular. Dr. Claire Minshull explains why this is not the case and which essential strength & conditioning exercises to focus on for endurance performance & injury avoidance.
Trevor Prior takes a look at the past, present & future of orthoses & footwear and discusses how differing shoe types can be used in patient management. How, why and when should orthoses (shoe inserts) be used? Can we select the optimum running shoe?