Elevate Physio

A good podcast discussing how to prevent bone stress injuries particularly in runners. A few take away point include:
1) High intensity of running is more likely to put you at risk than high distance.
2) When build up running change either intensity or distance, not both at the same time
3) Have a deload week every 12 weeks
4) Most bone growth occurs prior to puberty - paeds should play a variety of sport & not specialise to endurance running too soon
5) Sleep, nutrition, menstral cycles are important to consider when it come to bone heath
6) Bone takes months to breakdown & grow - you need to think about training months prior to injury (normally an increase in training).

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