Running-related injuries can severely impact your ability to enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle. Running often provides a sense of emotional release, freedom, and personal enjoyment, and it can be a key part of maintaining or supporting a weight loss journey.

At this point, you might have had to pull out of events because you can’t run without pain. This can be incredibly frustrating, especially if you tried to push through the pain and now feel like you’ve made the injury worse.

There are several risk factors why you may be at a heightened risk of sustaining a running injury, including:

• Overuse injuries can mean that increases in a variety of running factors such as mileage, frequency or intensity are resulting in you becoming injured.
• Previous injury is a risk factor for further injury – particularly when discussing muscles. Previous injury can lead to changes in movement patterns or compensations that may increase the likelihood of further injury.
• Biomechanics correcting or making slight alterations to your technique, regardless of your ability reduces the risk of injury and you will see a noticeable difference in your performance.