| − | Most people know about runner’s high. But for most runners, injury is as much a part of the experience as euphoria. Studies vary widely, but it is estimated that between 30 and 80 percent of regular runners are injured in a given year. Shin splints, runner’s knee, iliotibial band syndrome, plantar fasciitis: For many years, everyone from coaches to biologists to casual joggers has accepted such injuries almost as a necessary evil... But a growing number of researchers, many of them at [[Harvard]], are convinced it doesn’t have to be that way. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/04/chasing-down-a-better-way-to-run/] | + | Most people know about runner’s high. But for most runners, [[injury]] is as much a part of the experience as euphoria. Studies vary widely, but it is estimated that between 30 and 80 percent of regular runners are injured in a given year. Shin splints, runner’s knee, iliotibial band syndrome, plantar fasciitis: For many years, everyone from coaches to biologists to casual joggers has accepted such injuries almost as a necessary evil... But a growing number of researchers, many of them at [[Harvard]], are convinced it doesn’t have to be that way. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/04/chasing-down-a-better-way-to-run/] |