At Brændgaard Physiotherapy, we have good experience in helping runners get rid of pain. It typically takes 1-3 treatments before you can notice a marked improvement in your symptoms. You can therefore quickly resume your run after starting treatment.
A runner came with an injury to the hip which caused pain at longer distances. I treated her and now she runs easily 10 km which was her goal.
Feedback from the client:
"Annika, you are with me on all my runs I ran 10 km without pain today
after work, where I cycled 22km, it's absolutely fantastic
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing. I will definitely come again
“
We remove the cause of your running pain - quickly and effectively.
When we run, we make basically the same movements as when walking, just to a greater extent. The ligaments around the hip are stretched more when running due to the longer stride length. Stronger shocks come up through the legs when landing when running. This and much more therefore stimulates the nervous system more and therefore more people experience injuries when running than when walking.
The brain reacts to the inputs it receives from the nerve endings in the skin and joints. If there is an oversensitive ligament, there will also be an excessive or small response to the musculature. An easy example is when we are about to wiggle our ankle. The brain will either react by tensing up and preventing us from wiggling, but if the ligament on the outside of the ankle is stretched too much, the brain will release the muscles around the joint, so that we fall instead. This is simply to protect the joint. The ligaments can then be oversensitive and when they are stretched a little, the brain thinks it has to release the muscles completely. However, if we are not moving, but just running on uneven ground, the brain's response will create a need to tense up other muscles. On a long trip, this can create many inappropriate moves in joints and pain can occur after a certain distance run.
Due to the many repetitive movements, running is a big strain on the body. If there is an imbalance in the musculature as described above, it will be affected many times during a run. Each muscle has a primary function. The thigh muscle (m. quadriceps) extends the knee, at heel set as a primary function and is secondary in doing hip flexion when you swing the leg forward, together with the hip flexor (m. psoas) If the psoas is neurologically switched off, the quadriceps will take over and after a longer run, get tired.
The muscle balance around the lower back, hips and knees is affected if the primary muscles are switched off and the auxiliary muscles have to take over. In the long term, it can also manifest elsewhere than locally around the muscles.
With the P-DTR technique, the oversensitive nerve endings that cause neurological on and off muscles can be treated and you will find that the pain associated with running is reduced.
You can read about how to avoid running injuries here.
Many runners experience pain in their hips, knees and ankles from running. Other frequent injuries are shin splints or groin or buttock pain that prevents running. Other diagnoses are runner's knee in connection with the tendon injury on the outside of the thigh or jumper's knee from the patellar tendon.