Marathon training – Injury Prevention
This is the time of the year when many of you will be setting out on your marathon training and it is does not matter if this is the first one you will do or you are an experienced long distance runner. The risk of injuries are high, the volume of running will potentially pre-dispose you to picking up those aches and pains that could hinder your carefully worked out training plan. They are all preventable if you include within that programme regular maintenance sessions with a manual therapist who can iron out any difficulties before they hit you. You will take the time to consider what you eat, what you wear, your running shoes; but will you think about your body and what you will demand of that? Running has an impact through the whole of your body not just the legs and feet; it will effect your back, your shoulders and your neck. Good quality sports massage and joint mobilisation can minimise those impacts and make your whole marathon experience more enjoyable. Your massage therapist can give you excellent injury prevention advice and most of them have experience with training and sports activities so will know what you are experiencing at first hand. You can also find some excellent online advice at the following website and link that I saw today, http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sports/marathon_tips.php
