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265: Expert Edition: Brad Beer APA Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist & Exercise Scientist: 'Running Injuries 101'

The Physical Performance Show

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The Effects of Running on the Body

Hamish: We underestimate the loads that our body's subjected to when we run. Achilles tendon can deal with somewhere around six to nine times body weight with running. Internal Achilles tendon loads, that's a 200% increase from walking. The knee joint, the patello femoral joint deals with about five times body weight when we run,. It's about one times when we walk. So that's a 500% increase. And then the hip joint deals with 10 times body weightWhen we run, which is a 200%increase from what it deals with when we walked. Hamish: If we think about those forces being high, Giz, we better be strong when we go

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