Common Running Injuries Rehab Addison Physiotherapy

Should shoulder exercises be painful?
Some mild discomfort during rehabilitation is often acceptable, but exercises shouldn't cause severe or progressively worsening pain.
How often should I do my shoulder exercises?
This depends on your injury and stage of recovery. Your physiotherapist will prescribe a program suited to your individual needs.
Can resistance bands replace weights?
Resistance bands are excellent for early rehabilitation, but many people eventually benefit from progressing to free weights or gym equipment.
Should I copy exercises from YouTube?
Not always. Exercises that are appropriate for one shoulder condition may aggravate another. It's important to know what you're treating before beginning rehabilitation.
Why Choose The Addison?
At The Addison Physiotherapy, we believe rehabilitation should be individual - not generic. We assess your shoulder, identify the underlying cause of your symptoms and prescribe exercises based on your goals, lifestyle and stage of recovery.

Whether you're aiming to return to the gym, sport or simply everyday life without pain, we'll help you build a stronger, more resilient shoulder.

Running injuries are common, but that doesn't mean running itself is bad for you.

More often, injuries occur when there is a mismatch between training load, recovery and the body's current capacity.

Here are some of the problems we commonly see in runners at our Marrickville physio clinic.

1. Runner’s knee

Pain around or behind the kneecap, often aggravated by running, stairs, squatting and downhill running.

Load modification and progressive quadriceps and lower-limb strengthening are commonly important.

2. Achilles tendinopathy

Typically produces Achilles pain and stiffness, particularly first thing in the morning and around running.

Progressive calf-Achilles loading is a cornerstone of rehabilitation.

3. Shin splints

Pain along the inside of the tibia can develop following changes in running volume or frequency.

Importantly, more focal shin pain needs assessment to rule out a bone stress injury.

4. IT band syndrome

Often presents as relatively localised pain on the outside of the knee that appears predictably after a certain amount of running.

5. Calf strains

Common during running and sport, particularly when speed or intensity increases.

Rehabilitation should restore calf strength, endurance and eventually power.

6. Hamstring strains

Particularly relevant to faster running and field sports.

A proper rehabilitation program should eventually expose the hamstring to the speeds and loads required for sport.

7. Hip pain

Hip pain may occur at the front, side or back of the hip.

Because many different structures can produce symptoms around this area, an accurate diagnosis is important.

8. Bone stress injuries

These deserve particular attention.

Increasingly localised pain that becomes more reactive to running, hopping and eventually walking should not simply be ignored.

Why do runners get injured?

There isn't one universal reason.

But when assessing running injuries we often look at:

recent training changes
weekly running volume
speed and hill exposure
strength
previous injuries
recovery
sleep
nutrition
footwear
running mechanics where relevant

Should you stop running when something hurts?

Sometimes.

But not always.

Many running injuries can be rehabilitated while maintaining some running load.

Others - particularly suspected bone stress injuries - require a more cautious approach.

The important thing is knowing what you're dealing with.

How can a running assessment help?

A good running assessment isn't just somebody filming your feet on a treadmill.

At The Addison, the aim is to understand the bigger picture: your symptoms, training history, strength, physical capacity and running mechanics where relevant.

From there, we can determine what needs to change and build a plan around your goals.

If you're a runner in Marrickville, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore or the Inner West and an injury is stopping you from training normally, our physiotherapists can help you understand the problem and work towards getting you back to running.