Running Assessment: Review and Results
We runners are stubborn. When things start to hurt we might scale back the mileage, but when the REAL injuries begin to surface, so does our iron-clad stubbornness that borders on denial! anotherfnrunner.com The reason? We're afraid that when we go see a doctor, they're advice will be to STOP RUNNING! And that's news we just can't bear to take. img.pandawhale.com So we resort to self-diagnosis. Surely Dr. Google can help! There's a seemingly unlimited amount of resources on the Internet to find out what MIGHT be wrong with that achy knee, or that problematic IT Band. But we usually just end up treating the symptoms and not the underlining problem. And I'll admit, I'm guilty of seeing Dr. Google quite frequently. Most of us know that running well requires our bodies to work like well-oiled machines. When one thing goes wrong, it all seems to fall apart, making us miserable. So why not pinpoint the weak areas and make them stronger! Wh...