Work on your Strength
Both general strength and strength of specific muscles reduces injury risk. Determine areas where you are weak from ankles to your core. This is the cornerstone of our Running Injury Prevention Program.
Plyometrics
Running is essentially jumping from one foot to the other. By learning how to do this in a progressive manner, injury is reduced and performance is improved.
Consistency
As it is with many things in life, the more consistently you train (both running workouts and injury prevention workouts), the better the result.
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Purpose
Every part of your training should have a reason; there must be a purpose to every run–some easy, some long, some speed–and exercise–some strength, some endurance, some corrective.
Progressive
When training to improve results, the body must be steadily overloaded in a progressive manner. This improves results, but it also trains the body to tolerate higher and higher workloads.
Fitness
In general terms, the more in shape a runner is in, the better he or she can tolerate the stresses running and training causes. Participating in a structured, progressive running program helps with this.
Recovery
Recovery must be built into any injury prevention program. While there are exercises and activities that can be done daily, most programs require specific rest days and recovery techniques.