In the modern age of rising obesity levels, we are never far away from a Government backed message about healthy eating and living. Key to this is the recommended 30 minutes of exercise per day, five days per week. Yet we aren’t told of just how common injuries can be when indulging in what should be health-boosting, lifespan-lengthening sports. Understanding which injuries are…
Of all forms of sport, it is perhaps running that is hardest on our knees. The ongoing impact, the repetitive motions, and the ways in which many runners slip into poor posture habits all mean that knee injuries are the most common form of all for the average runner. So commonplace are knee injuries amongst runners, that in 2009, 66%…