How to take care of some basic injuries

I have been hearing about various injuries and here are some basic ways to help them.

1st: Always stretch and massage. A massage can be done by hands or with a Foam Roller. Foam Rolling is great and should be done AT LEAST 3 times a week. Click on the links to go to a video tutorial on Youtube.


IT BAND 

SHIN PROBLEMS  - MORE SHIN  - SHIN STRENGTH

ACHILLES TENDONITIS

Calf Stretch

HIP Flexibility

Lower Body Mobility

If there are anymore you can leave them in the comments and I will post some explanations.

Hope this helps! And remember, in the warm up and warm down, getting out of the shoes and strengthening the feet is optimal.

Some great Feats of Running

Roger Bannister - he did this in leather slippers...not nikes.


Alan Webb - Mile


Prefontaine




Chris Solinsky - American 10K Record




David Rushida - 800m world record



This should help give you some inspiration. Hint - watch their form