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Some tips for the upcoming Adidas Sundown Marathon are, when it comes to pacing, top runners aren’t just fast-they’re also very, very consistent. Like finely calibrated metronomes, they quickly dial into a target pace and then hold it steady mile after mile. If you race, this skill is essential: Let the pace lag, and you give up time that you can’t claw back; accelerate too much, and you’ll pay for your exuberance with a late-race fade. If you run simply for fitness, a reliable sense of pace is just as valuable: Channel your inner Goldilocks – not too fast, not too slow, but just right-and you will better achieve the purpose of each workout. Of course, that’s easier said than done. The ability to run by feel is a skill that has to be learned. For example, in a study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers found that experienced collegiate runners could nail their pace to within about lO seconds per mile, while less seasoned recreational runners were off by an average of more than 40 seconds a mile. But simply running more isn’t sufficient-and neither is relying on a GPS, as you’ll never learn how to monitor internal feedback. You also have to adjust your training to fine-tune your inner pacemaker. […]
Tennis injuries are generally defined as either cumulative overuse or acute (traumatic) injuries.
Overuse injuries occur over time due to stress on the muscles, joints and soft tissues without proper time for healing. They begin as a small, nagging ache or pain, and can grow into a debilitating injury if they aren’t treated early.
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An overuse injury results from excessive wear and tear on the body, particularly on areas and muscles subjected to repeated activity such as ankle, knee, shoulder and elbow joints.
The most common high impact sport that leads to injury is running. We see more runners than any other recreational athletes in our clinics, followed by […]
Injuries to the thigh are relatively common in athletes. Muscle injuries predominate, such as contusion injuries which often occur in soccer. Muscle strains are common in explosive sports such as sprinting, involving especially the hamstring muscles. Other causes of pain are stress fracture, compartment syndromes, and referred pain. Vague pain in the thigh may be […]
Over the upper lateral part of the femur, beneath the fascia lata, lies a superficial bursa, with a deeper one between the tendon of the gluteus medius muscle and the posterior surface of the greater trochanter. In cases of falls or blows affecting the hip, the superficial bursa can become the site of bleeding, sometimes […]
Some of the large muscle groups of the buttocks have their attachments to the greater trochanter of the femur in the upper, outer (lateral) part of the thigh. An irritant inflammatory condition can be initiated in the muscle attachment of the gluteal muscles in, for example, crosscountry runners and orienteers.
Symptoms and diagnosis
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Inflammation of the sacroiliac joints (the joint joining the pelvis and the spine) is not uncommon as an isolated condition among athletes who pursue winter sports. It can also be part of generalized disease, such as Bechterew’s disease. In sports, sudden violent contractions of the hamstrings or abdominal muscles with severe direct load to the […]
Inguinal and femoral hernias are not uncommon and can be symptomatic producing radiating pain diffusely in the groin area. In athletes with persistent pain, ‘sports hernia’ can be a cause of problems: this is a syndrome of weakness of the posterior inguinal wall causing chronic groin pain, but without a clinically recognizable hernia.
Inguinal hernia
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Overuse injury or rupture of other groin muscle-tendon units
A number of muscles and tendons affecting the groin region, including the pectineus, the sartorius, the tensor fasciae latae, and the gluteus medius, can be damaged during sporting activity. The precise location of the pain, together with an assessment of muscle function, can elucidate the diagnosis.
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Some athletes are afflicted by pain located in the anterior aspect of the pubic bone. Inflammation of the pubic bone occurs in soccer, ice hockey and American football players, as well as in long-distance runners and weightlifters. There is usually no trauma involved, instead there is a gradual onset with pain centrally localized in the […]
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