Preventing and Managing Common Running Injuries - DVD

• Catergory: Sports Medicine
• Published: 2007
• Format: DVD/33 min
• Author: Al Morris: U.S. Border Patrol

Preventing and Managing Common Running Injuries presents a comprehensive review of the factors that runners of all ages and experience levels should consider to help them avoid suffering common running overuse injuries. In an easy-to-understand, straightforward manner, the DVD explains the running injury cycle and what individuals should do should they be injured. Among the topics covered: what are common running injuries to the lower extremity?, how the “overuse syndrome” affects runners, what is the difference between soft-tissue and hard-tissue injuries?, how to prevent shin splints, why proper shoe fit is essential, how to rehab soft-tissue injuries, and when to seek the counsel/services of a physician. Produced in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).