A calf muscle tear or calf strain, involves the tearing of the fibres within the muscle of the lower leg. These tears can range from being mild to very severe depending on the cause of the injury. Calf muscle tears gener…
Foot numbness is a relatively common problem for runners and is normally easily remedied. The numbness is usually localised to one part of the foot, or just the toes. Occasionally it may occur throughout the whole foot. …
The couch to 5km is a running program to get people from the couch to comfortably running 5km or 30 minutes continuously in 9 weeks. The program has been followed by thousands of people all over the world since it was de…
Most runners will have heard about foam rolling or may have even encountered foam rollers in their gyms. However, there are a large majority of runners who are still unsure as to what benefits foam rolling exercises can …
Tennis elbow, more appropriately called lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET) is one of the most common work or sport related arm injuries. It is normally caused by a degeneration of the tendons that join the forearm muscles …
Strength training has become a more and more important component of running training and is now seen as one of the biggest factors that will impact on your speed, endurance and overall performance. However, many runners …
