Are You Running Toward An Overuse Injury?

Running can be hard on the body and especially the joints. Injuries from running are often the result of slow, subtle nagging aches that build gradually over time. Many of these aches go unnoticed until a real problem occurs. Theses "silent injuries" that runners suffer are the result of a wide variety of factors that lead to chronic problems over months and years of neglect. While subtle, these injuries do have warning signs you should recognize. Here is a checklist of the most common causes of running injuries and a few treatment recommendations.