Running Injuries

A handbook of running injury prevention and treatment of runners at all levels. It offers medical research, photographs of South African and international runners, international runners' own accounts of how they prevent and overcome injuries, medical diagrams and a user-friendly format.

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A handbook of running injury prevention and treatment of runners at all levels. It offers medical research, photographs of South African and international runners, medical diagrams and a user-friendly format. There is analysis of the injury profiles of international and South African athletes with a checklist of points to help you run injury-free, with photographs demonstrating the correct way to do stretching exercises. The second edition is updated, and includes a new focus on how to prevent injury for all runners - whether elite athletes, twice-a-week joggers, athletes at school level, or those who run mainly to build fitness for other sports. It is a guide aimed at coaches, parents and doctors