How many times have you think about track injuries? Or those that happened to track athletes? I doubt that you do. If you're a track athlete ill share with you how other athletes have recover from their injuries, or how they have try to prevent it. Most of this injuries happened when you push yourself too hard. They are also common in elite athletes. I’ll share with you the 8 most common injuries according to WebMD.com and runnersworld.com “Runner’s Knee” - is the irritation of the cartilage on the underside of the patella also known as the kneecap. You'll feel this pain most when you go up or down stairs, squatting, and sitting with your knee for a long period of time. People that are at risk is anyone with biomechanical factors that …show more content…
Most of the time its as an overstretching a muscle, if you pulled it a popping sensation is what you’re going to feel.The muscle pull affects this areas the hamstrings, quadriceps, calf, and the groin. Treatment is RICE : rest, ice, compression, and elevation. “Ankle Sprain” - accidental stretching or tearing of ligaments surrounding the ankle. Its often by twists or rolls inward. Using the RICE method will help it get it better. “Plantar Fasciitis” - inflammation on plantar fascia (the thick band if tissues in the bottom of the foot that goes from heels to toes). Having tight calf muscles and a high arch are more prone to it. A calf stretch, resting and icing the booton foot is a good treatment. Running through it can delay healing it, “Roll your foot over a frozen bottle of water for five minutes at a time, fives times a day” says Saxena. “Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)” - it lies along the outside of the thigh from the hip to the knee. Having a leg-length discrepancy or suffering from weak hip abductor and gluteal muscles. “if your hip motion is not well controlled, then your IT band gets stretched with your running stride, and that can irritate it. Heiderscheit says. Taking a day or two for rest is advice and backing off your mileage would be good