[ Benefit of Being Aligned ]
What Causes Injury
The primary causes of running injuries are faulty alignment and the way in which force is applied to that alignment. This ultimately results in excessive load on joint and soft-tissue structures.
The influences on alignment and loading characteristics include:
- Structure malalignment
- Joint limitations/muscular inflexibility
- Weakness
- Limited dynamic control (poor control of strength)
- Training program design
- Shoe design
- Illio-Tibial Band Syndrome
- Patello-femoral Chondromalacia
- Hip Pain (side, post-lat, front)
- Low Back Pain
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Shin Splints”
- Anterior Tibialis Tendinopathy
- Posterior Tibialis Tendinopathy
- Tibial Periostitis/Stress Fracture
- Compartment Syndrome
- Morton’s Neuroma
- Sesmoiditis
- Bunion
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Metatarsal Stress Fx
- Haglund’s Deformity
Physical limitations
Gait technique
The most common pattern of faulty gait involves excessive pronation with genu valgus/femoral internal rotation and accounts for many of the most common injuries:
