In a nutshell, running is one of the most popular recreational activities enjoyed by people around the world. It is unique in the fact that you are not limited to inside, outside, trail, mountain road, or grass. You can run anywhere. However, an estimated 50% of runners become injured annually with an overwhelming amount of those injuries being overuse injuries (1). So what does that mean? An overuse injury typically occurs when musculoskeletal structures such as muscles, ligaments, and/or bones are overloaded (2). Those structures become overloaded with repetitive microtrauma over a long period of time, (2) including running mile after mile, day after day, month after month training for race day, compounding into an injury.

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