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Leg injuries are the curse of the active – particularly runners! You might develop them because of a weakness in the muscles or something about the way you move, because you overdid your workout, trying to go too far, too fast, too soon – or, simple bad luck, you tripped or slipped on something causing …
Get the pom poms out – it’s time to celebrate. We’ve finally discovered what’s wrong with my leg. I have something called an enthesitis – which in simple terms means I’ve inflamed a tendon in my leg, but at the exact point where it meets the bone. The good news is, we know what I’ve …
A few weeks ago I published a video of me on Instagram running down the road with THE worst squeaky insoles in a pair of trainers ever. Honestly, they were driving me nuts, It’s here if you want to see it. A couple of days I walked into the gym making the same noise and …
Most people who exercise regularly know that if you get an injury, you treat it using the acronym RICE (and if you don’t know about that, scan down). However, the other night I was at the launch for a new product for pain and the speaker GP Dr Roger Henderson, was also talking about another …
Should you exercise when you’re sick or is it going to set you back? The answer depends on what you have – and where your symptoms are. I was supposed to be telling you all about an exciting new set of DVDs I’ve been sent in the post today. Instead, my only exercise has been …
