Health & Injury
Injury proof your body, stay healthy and learn how to treat common running injuries
Restoration Man
The end of a marathon, half marathon or just some really grueling training sessions can leave you in need of a rebuild. Here are 17 ways to boost your powers of recovery
FIX YOU: Avoid ITBS
This month, Six Physio's Kelly advises how to prevent and treat the dreaded ITBS.
Get tough from the ground up
If you’re aching from pounding the pavement, off-road running could banish your injury demons, says Lisa Jackson
Daily Motion
Most training plans allow for days off during the week. This is not the case with a run streak training plan.
Fix You:Overcome instep pain
Kelly Robinson from Six Physio will be here each month to answer one of your injury problems.
3 Tips to Improve your Core Training
If you’ve been in the running world long enough, you’ve surely heard how important core training is for running efficiently and how it can help keep your injuries at bay.
Weird Science
Finding out how fat you are, where that fat is and then having your running style and body strength examined with a fine tooth comb can be a harrowing, but worthwhile experience. MR took a deep breath and went under the microscope
Beat burnout
When training is a real struggle, should you suck it up and battle through it, or is your body telling you it needs a rest? MR gives you the answers.
Into the Black
Running can help combat the effects of depression, so why did the media begin to decry the notion earlier this year and just why do men find it so hard to talk about dealing with the black dog? MR finds out...
Bust a joint
Running has a massive impact on your hips, so try not to ignore the aches and pains as the last thing you want is to have to replace it.
Sick boy
You get no sympathy for man flu, so fight it off before it strikes.
Heel Start
It did for the Greek warrior who took on the Trojans and will put the skids under your running if you injure it, so look after your Achilles tendon.
Fit for Purpose
Exercising to exercise might sound like an anomaly, but get your stability right and you’ll be able run further, faster and more efficiently
The Big Sleep
We all know we should be getting approximately eight-hours kip a night, but how many of us actually achieve it?
Pimp your sleep
Stop looking at your shuteye as a chance to dream of Kelly Brook in a bikini and start viewing it as the most powerful recovery tool you’ll ever own.
Healing hands
Iron out those lumps and bumps with a good quality massage.
Insult To Injury
Defy the knocks with our cross-training selector to find the best way to keep your progress on track while you recover from that niggle.
The Famous Five
Stay strong and run injury-free by challenging your deeper muscles. Meet the not so famous five.
Plantar fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis, a runner’s worst nightmare and tougher to cure than a teenage girl’s crush on Robert Pattison. MR walks you through the healing process
Stop the clock
Why lacing up your trainers and hitting the pavement will pay dividends when the hair turns grey. Here are 10 ways running can fight old age.
