Welcome to the quest for running and exercising injury free!
So you may be at the peak of your sports & fitness right now, having conditioned
your body to be the ultimate machine for your sport, but what will happen to that
machine as the miles clock up? Will that highly conditioned physique break down
later in life because of too much sport-induced wear and tear? And is there
anything that you can do now to prevent potential decline in physical function
caused by your sports participation?
During an average year, 65 per cent of regular runners and sportspeople suffer with an injury (by definition, an 'injury' is a physical problem severe enough to force a reduction in training).
One running injury occurs for about every 100 hours of running, and runners miss about 5-10 per cent of their workouts due to injury ('Incidence and Severity of Injury Following Aerobic Training Programs Emphasising Running, Racewalking, or Step Aerobics,' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, vol. 25(5).
Indeed, virtually every sport whose activities involve running and changing direction at speed can produce ‘wear and tear’ injuries, and such factors are not simply generated to predict injuries, but more importantly to help avoid possible decline in physical function later in life.
Utilising the most intuitive video gait analysis software, StrideUK can observe walking / running ‘Gaits’ at any speed at any angle which provides far more visual evidence than the human eye can process at a normal running pace. Unlike other video gait companies that often only analyse from the knees down and remedy using orthotic or trainer therapy, StrideUK specialises in full postural analysis, encouraging far better use of the entire body and a greater awareness of the way it functions, helping you achieve and maintain health and fitness without injury for the present and the future.
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