Professor Courtney Kipps, Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine at Parkside Hospital, shares simple methods which you can incorporate into your daily training to help keep you running comfortably without leaving you vulnerable to injury.
Chronic pain is long-term pain that lasts for at least three months. This is a debilitating condition that can have a big impact on your life. If you are bedridden one day but feel better the next, it can be hard to understand and explain to others. Many people feel angry and frustrated if pain prevents them from doing routine tasks or enjoyable activities.
For many people who play sports or are regularly active, one concern is how to avoid injury or reduce the risk of injury. Injury can occur in any sport, however, for most people the benefit to physical and mental health from exercising outweighs the risk of injury.
