Injuries Happen

Injuries occur whether one wants them to or not. The most common injuries in track happen to some part of the the leg, thigh and knee. The muscles in the leg need to really be loosened up before any type of activity or else you could risk the chance of pulling something.

The most common running injury to people who run a lot is called runner’s knee. The injury has pain behind the knee cap during running and especially when you press your knee cap against the bone behind it. You can keep the knee cap from rubbing by wearing special inserts in your shoes and strengthening exercises so that the muscle pulls your knee cap inwards.

I talked in another post about the importance of running on the grass to avoid shin splints. That is another common injury that sprinters need to look out for. Shin splints can be anything from tendonitis to stress fractures in the shin area. If you have a dull ache in both or just one of the legs which becomes worse when you are running, you would want to go see a doctor.

When talking to a lot of sprinters, the most dreaded injury is an injury to the hamstring. Of course no one wants to become injured but a hamstring injury is difficult to recover from quickly.

It is very important to understand the muscles of your body. If you are having any type of pain in your hamstring, you could have either or a pull or a strain. please go see a doctor and get it looked at before you injure yourself even more.