Synopsis
Run Healthy: The Runner's Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment helps runners identify, treat, and minimize injuries. Learn how strength training, mobility exercises, and running drills can reduce your chance of injury and keep you out there--doing what you love--on the track, road, or trails., If you are a serious runner, you are well aware of the aches and pains associated with the sport. Run Healthy: The Runner's Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment was written to help you distinguish discomfort from injury. It provides the latest science-based and practical guidance for identifying, treating, and minimizing the most common injuries in track, road, and trail running. Gain a better understanding of how the musculoskeletal system functions and responds to training. Develop a practical and effective training plan to address the regions where injuries most often occur: feet and toes, ankles, knees, hips, and low back. Learn how a combination of targeted strength training, mobility exercises, and running drills can improve running form, economy, and performance. When injuries inevitably happen, you'll know how to identify them, treat them, and recover from them. Get targeted recommendations for some of the most common issues runners face, such as plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, shin splints, hamstring tendinitis and tendinopathy, and IT band syndrome. Throughout, you'll hear from 17 runners on how the techniques in this book helped them overcome their injuries and got them quickly and safely back to training and racing. You'll also find an in-depth discussion of alternative therapies such as acupuncture, cupping, CBD, cryotherapy, and cleanses to help you separate fact from fiction and decide for yourself which, if any, of these therapies to pursue. Injuries can and do happen, but with Run Healthy you'll be running strong for many years to come. Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes both the book and exam., If you are a serious runner, you are well aware of the aches and pains associated with the sport. Run Healthy: The Runner's Guide to Injury Prevention and Treatment was written to help you distinguish discomfort from injury. It provides the latest science-based and practical guidance for identifying, treating, and minimizing the most common injuries in track, road, and trail running. In Run Healthy, you'll learn how the musculoskeletal system functions and responds to training, and you'll see how a combination of targeted strength work, mobility exercises, and running drills can improve your running form and address the regions where injuries most often occur: feet and toes, ankles, knees, hips, and lower back. You'll learn how to identify, treat, and come back from the most common injuries runners face, including plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, shin splints, hamstring tendinitis and tendinopathy, and IT band syndrome. You'll also hear from 17 runners on how the techniques in this book helped them overcome injuries and get back to training and racing-quickly and safely. Plus, a detailed look into popular alternative therapies such as acupuncture, cupping, CBD, cryotherapy, and cleanses will help you separate fact from fiction so you can decide for yourself if any of these therapies are appropriate for you. If you're passionate about running, Run Healthy is essential reading. It's your ticket to running strong for many years to come.
