I have been reading the "Running threads" with interest, it appears to me that most injuries occur due to the fact that the athlete increase their training far to quickly not giving the body time to adapt to the increasing loads, subsequently the body breaks down with lost of training time and condition. :shock:

The situation is then compounded by the fact the athlete "rest" for a short period but then comes back by trying to make up for lost time and training to hard again, (ie twice a day) shock horror! the injury returns. Well it is going to, because the athlete is doing exactly the same thing that caused the injury in the first place. :cry:

First thing to do when injured is RICE and then treatment, and equally important is to learn from the injury, so that it dose'nt return. Come back slowly enough not to cause further problems and further down time.

Your competition is training and getting faster all the time you are injured :evil: , how do you beat them, "DONT GET INJURED" and if you do come back well and fit.

Look at the history of your injury, use the 5wh, When, Where, Why, What, Who and finaly How. Workout why you got injured and then change and fix that problem.

I see sports injuries all day, go on learn from your injuries and put me out of business I dare you. :wink:

"Tortise and Hare" my friends