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While knee pain may be a common complain among runners, multiple studies have shown that regular running strengthens the joints and actually protects against development of osteoarthritis later in life. Last week, our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, brought us two exercises to help us strengthen our knees. This week, she's back to show us two additional knee exercises. One note, do not run if you have ongoing pain in your knees. Seek a recommendation from an orthopedic doctor and/or physical therapist. This article includes a video that offers six exercises to help keep your knees — and the rest of your body — healthy. https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a32598733/is-running-bad-for-your-knees/
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Will running ruin your knees? What if you already have bad knees? Most knee injuries, like other running injuries, occur because of overuse. Research suggests that knee injuries are often caused by weakness or instability elsewhere in the body, especially the hips. That’s why strengthening the knees often involves exercises for your quads and glutes. Tune in today as our National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, shares two exercises to help strengthen those knees and keep them happy. Next week, she'll be back with two more! Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips regarding how to strengthen our running, fitness and health. Tight calf muscles are a common problem for runners. You can decrease your risk of injury by prepping the calves in advance of a run with a series of simple stretches. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips regarding how to strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, we feature part 2 in our series about shin splints — ouch! Shin splints are one of the most common injuries runners experience. Here are three additional exercises you can do to strengthen and stretch your shins. And if you missed part 1, check out last week's training tip on our blog! Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips regarding how to strengthen our running, fitness and health. Today, we're talking about shin splints. Shin splints are one of the most common injuries runners experience. It’s that nagging pain in your lower leg that can be the result of small stress fractures of the shin, extremely tight muscles or from overuse and repetitive stress. This pain can be a caused by increasing the mileage or frequency of your runs too quickly to a weakness in your core or hips. If you have pain in your shins when you run, your first course of action is to avoid running on hard surfaces, reduce the frequency of your runs and your weekly mileage and warm up properly. In addition to those three, stretching and strengthening the feet, lower legs, hips and core is your next alternative. Today, we feature part 1 of three exercises you can do to strengthen and stretch your shins. |
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