Questions tagged [injury-prevention]
This tag refers to questions regarding prevention from injuries.
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How to run without damaging your feet, knees or hips.
I want to start running. However I am afraid of damaging my feet, knees or hips by running on a regular basis. So what are the most important things to have in mind to avoid any dangers for my joints ...
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How to lose weight when morbidly obese
I am a very overweight man at 400lbs (181 kg). I've been told by several doctors that I need to lose weight or else my health will get worse and worse.
What exercises are safe for a large person? For ...
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Best warm up for running
Trying to figure out the best warmup routine for running. I see a few articles that say you shouldn't do any stretching before warming up given cold muscles. This article for example, just states ...
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What kind of exercises can I do to strengthen my ankle?
I've been running for about 5 years now and almost every year I get problems on the medial side of my shins. If I keep running, eventually the soft tissue even swells up enough to be palpable and ...
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How do I prevent chafing?
I believe just about every long distance runner, hiker, and many more sports enthusiasts have run into the ever long problem of chafing:
caused by constant rubbing of another part of the skin—two ...
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What is the correct form for a deadlift?
I asked my gym instructor to check my deadlift form last night and he said I was doing it wrong. According to him:
My hips were too low at the starting position - he says the hips should be as high ...
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What is the key to avoid injury when squatting with your body weight?
After seeing the suggestions about sport/exercise which are less stressful, or even good for my knees, I chose squatting. From the suggestions, it can be done with minimal space and equipment at my ...
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Are there stretches or exercises that promote knee strength and prevent injury?
I've started cycling some long rides lately, and am feeling some knee pain.
I don't know exactly what's wrong; I'm getting minor complaints from all over my knees. See my last question for more ...
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What is the least I need to run to maintain my conditioning?
Sometimes you know that you have a very busy time ahead of you, and that you're going to have less time for fitness activities, for whatever reason (work, a new child, etc).
My questions is this- ...
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Fingers for intensive sports requiring hands a lot? Recoving from ulnar claw?
[Update] Thanks to the answer, I acknowledge now that I am heading towards "ulnar nerve entrapment" where one injury is Ulnar claw -- more common with males particularly training in gym with ...
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Should cyclists use weight training to strengthen underutilized muscles?
I've read (and it seems intuitive) that cycling exercises some muscles more than others. Other than the obvious lack of an upper-body workout from cycling, are there specific muscles that tend to be ...
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Is working out a healthy alternative to combat RSI (Repetitive Stress Injuries)
I was reading questions on Programmers and I came across this one where a use is having issues with a Repetitive Stress Injury from typing. It got me thinking, is exercise alone a viable alternative ...
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Proper running form - landing on balls of feet?
I've had trouble with shin splints, my IT band, and extremely sore ankles / knees before from long runs before.
In order to try preventing this, I've switched landing on my heel while running to ...
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how to keep the chest tendon injury free while training heavy bench press?
Here and here you can see me bench press 200 Kg.
I don't bench 200Kg 440 Lbs all year long. After reaching the 200, it goes down gradually back to 160 and then 160 for 2 reps and slowly up.
I use ...
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Are sit-ups actually harmful?
I have seen several references to situps being harmful due to "high compressive lumbar load" and recommending crunches. When researching where the quote came from, it looks like every reference quotes ...
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Is running with hand weights a bad idea?
I've heard that running with weights is a bad idea. Most of what I've read online (for example, this) seems to suggest unequivocally that weights on your legs are a serious health risk, but there ...
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Why is exercise good for you?
I'm willing to accept the common wisdom that exercise is good for you. But at the same time, I wonder how this can be true. Man-made objects tend to wear out faster with more use. For example, if you ...
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Making a training plan for medieval swordsmen / reenactment
Some of my friends are into history reenactment and historical fencing. Doing this is quite demanding in terms of fitness, so I wanted to help them develop a training plan to follow.
What would be ...
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How To: Avoid damaging my knee when training for and running a marathon
I am shortly to begin training to run in my first marathon.
Speaking with several other people regarding their similar experiences I am now quite concerned that I could end up doing some permanent ...
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Can I run barefeet on asphalt?
Can I run barefoot on asphalt concrete to the nearest park (1km) without damaging my feet? I'd do this every other day.
I've been running 2-5km three times a week for a year running barefeet, except ...
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How to benefit from exercise without any lasting damage?
I posted Why is exercise good for you? But I wanted to dig a little deeper into one specific point. I can grasp the concept that the body responds to the microdamage of exercise by building up the ...
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barbell squat wrist problems
One of the aspects that the Starting Strength book emphasizes a good deal is that the wrists should be straight when doing the squat (see point 3, as well as the wrists of the guy in all the cartoons ...
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What exercises are helpful in preventing herniated discs?
I have lumbar lordosis and I play basketball competitively. Sometimes when I land from a jump I feel like the pressure comes up from my heel up to my spine. Now I chronically feel a very sharp pain in ...
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climbing 8 floor stairs daily is it a good practice
Every day I climb 8 stories of stairs. I'm 23, and my friends say if we daily climb 8 stories that in the future there will be knee problems and all.
Are they right? If so can you suggest any better ...
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Dumbbell Bent-over Row, possible without bench?
The Barbell Bent-over Row is a well known exercise. It is one of the exercises that StrongLifts 5x5 consists of.
I was browsing exrx.net looking for a dumbbell version of this exercise but only found ...
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Are amount and location of knee pain good indicators of what is wrong?
I've started cycling some long rides lately, and am feeling knee pain. It doesn't seem serious, but it's insistent enough that I've mostly avoided riding for a few days. When I do cycle, I do so at ...
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Occasional half-marathon distance
I've been running for about six months and have done a few easy 15k runs lately. I find them too boring to be enjoyable, but otherwise not particularly challenging. However, I'd like to be able to ...
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How do you do knuckle pushups without injuring yourself?
This question is primarily addressed to those who have done knuckle pushups consistently for several years.
I've been doing 100+ knuckle pushups for about two years everyday, and I've developed ...
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Why do deadlifts hurt my lower back
I recently started doing Stronglifts. My bar weighs 40 lbs instead of 45, so here were my starting weights:
Squat: 90 lbs (5RM was 205 earlier in the year)
Bench: 90 lbs (5RM was 190 earlier in the ...
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Avoiding Tendinopathy (suggested rest interval to prevent chronic pain)
tl;dr - Starting to feel slight tendon pain. How long should I rest before it's OK to hit the gym hard again.
Background:
I recently decided to end my winter hibernation and got back into rock ...
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Chronic Hamstring Problem
I play soccer once or twice a week and always seem to pull my hamstring once or twice a season. This has been happening for years. Even when I was in college and in shape I was struggling with this.
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one arm dumbell bent over row - is it a complete exercise for the back?
there is an exercise called one arm dumbbell bent over row.
sometimes I like doing 10 sets of 10 reps alternating arms of this exercise with 60 Kg.
It makes me feel very good, and after 24 hours or ...
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How safe are "squat jumps" for the knee
I want to do this exercise which obviously puts some strain on the knee.
I'm a 20-something male, 1.76 m , 65 kg.
I need sources to claim for the safety of this exercise on the knee, if I can get ...
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