Varying statistics tell us that between 70-85% of runners get injured every year. Common areas of the body get injured and sometimes those injuries are recurring for a good portion of those runners.

The injuries range from running too fast, weaknesses in muscles, tendon injuries, impact injuries, overuse injuries, injuries caused by lack of rest and recovery, injuries caused by our footwear, running when overly stressed, lack of awareness of your own body, environmental injuries from slips and falls or other accidents.

A lot of these injuries can be prevented by being proactive with strength, mobility, training volume, training intensity and listening to your body.

This is going to be the first in a series looking at common injuries and how you can prevent them.

Let’s have a look at the first injury known as Runner’s knee…

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