The temperatures are slowly rising. And with that, many start running again. Unfortunately, that’s not always healthy, especially when you want too much and start running too fast. We explain how to prevent injuries.
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We humans are made to run. However, we shouldn’t just run away. Nature has created a masterpiece with us bipeds. Running is controlled falling forward. With every step, more than 100 muscles ensure that we don’t fall. The feet are the pacemaker and sensor at the same time. Muscles, toes and ankles push us forward. The approximately 72,000 nerve pathways on the soles of the feet continuously register bumps, inclines or stumbling blocks. The brain processes the signals and commands the muscles to do the right thing: keep the body upright and stable. The arms stabilize the upper body and ensure the right beat. So much for the fascinating technology.
As soon as it gets warmer, we bipeds pour out of our houses and start running. Running tracks can be found everywhere. About 21 million Germans are more or less regular runners. Jogging is one of the favorite sports of Germans.
But now is also the time when the practices are full of patients who wanted to do something good for their bodies – and now only get through life limping. Estimates vary widely, but they show that the vast majority of runners in this country are injured and in pain at least once a year.
If you want too much, you will eventually suffer
Run until the doctor comes. When we Germans wear running shoes, we are out of our minds. Whistle on preparation and rest breaks. Continue to torment us with red heads. Panting from all the side stitches. We just don’t want to stop.
Especially now in spring, when the many good intentions are driving us out the door. We believe: Running, pah, anyone can do that.
And me anyway!
We run as doggedly as no other nation in Europe. German joggers cover an average of 6.4 kilometers per running unit and are therefore the front runners. We don’t give up, even if it hurts.
Common running injuries and how to prevent them
According to a study by the AOK, two-thirds of all German recreational runners train in a way that endangers their health or even harms it. 60 percent are traveling too fast. This is how popular sport becomes a widespread disease. But not because they broke bones – such injuries are rare among runners. But because they train wrong, wear the wrong shoes and perform wrong. Heel spurs, inflammation of the Achilles tendon or at the edge of the shinbone and knee pain are typical runner complaints.
An important topic in our opinion. That’s why we dealt with it intensively in the new episode of the podcast “She runs. He runs”. Above all, we have focused on the question of what the typical injuries are and how to prevent them. Listen in!
Source: Stern
