Injury-Free Running: Your Illustrated Guide to Biomechanics, Gait Analysis, and Injury Prevention

A no-nonsense guide for runners, trainers, and health professionals that  shows how an understanding of anatomy combined with the latest in  strengthening exercises can enhance injury-free running performance.

Each  time a runner's foot hits the ground, an impact force averaging three  times their weight travels through the body at more than 200 miles per  hour, causing the bones to vibrate and tendons to stretch. An average  runner strikes the ground more than 10,000 times per hour, resulting in a  remarkable amount of force to the body. But the truth is those impact  forces need not be as harmful as they sound. In Injury-Free Running,  Thomas C. Michaud explains how an understanding of anatomy and  biomechanics, coupled with the latest strengthening exercises and rehab  protocols, can keep runners injury free. By modifying our running form  and engaging specific exercises to improve tendon resiliency, we can  learn to store and return energy more efficiently while also running  faster and with less effort.

In this revised second edition, the author shows how to:
• Perform an at-home gait analysis to improve performance.
• Identify problems with strength, flexibility, and/or neuromotor coordination.
• Incorporate new exercises that enhance energy storage and return it to the tendons.
• Treat the 25 most common running-related injuries with the most scientifically justified treatment protocols.
• Select the running shoe that best suits your needs.

With  over 40 illustrations, this book is ideal for recreational runners, as  well as physical therapists, trainers, chiropractors, and sports  medicine practitioners.