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If you want to find out how to go faster, GO to this Clinic!! They have one of the two plate loaded treadmills in the World, 10 infrared cameras, and video tape you, after an evaluation. Take your training shoes, your racing flats, orthopedics, your race history, your goals for the new 3 months, and your goals for the new year! After all of this, you get exercises to improve muscle imbalance, etc.

— Michele M (Gaithersburg, MD)

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Principles of Injury Rehabilitation

The majority of running injuries are related to overuse. We do too much, too fast, too soon. Most injuries occur during a transition period-a period where our training is undergoing some type of change. Common examples include increasing mileage too quickly, changing intensity of training, such as moving from a base/distance phase to a strength or speed phase, changing the surface one trains on, or even changing the type of running shoes. Rarely do I see injuries in folks who train very consistently, unless they are in the middle of a transition phase. The transition, rather than the absolute amount of training, seems to be liked closely to injury.

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 Last modified on: October 25, 2007