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This is a daily question asked by patients who attend   Bristol Physiotherapy Clinic and The Running School . The answer is often not straight forward but ever since our Physiotherapists have been trained as running coaches under the expert eye of Mike Antoniades , founder of The Running School , we have found that the combination of hands on therapy, gait analysis and technical advice ,has seen our outcome measures in terms of a successful return to running soar. Running, at its very essence, is a simple and pure sport. The open road, a wooded trail, fresh air and valuable time away from the modern world. It’s therapeutic, and a stress buster. You’ll even find that it can become addictive. The more you run, the healthier you feel. The mental and physical benefits are endless. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional runner, a marathon or sprint runner, achieving fitness and maintaining it is one thing, but avoiding running injuries is quite different. A good running techn...

There is a natural assumption that children have innate ability to run. Unfortunately modern day living, with a bias to sedentary activity rather than active play means the young immature  motor system and the muscles responding to it ,become inefficient and imbalanced. Mike Antoniades of the Running School , London (there is a branch in Bristol ) has written a nice little piece about this. Who taught you how to run as a child? You were always good at sport. During your formative years, you participated in everything from running to rounders, soccer to touch rugby. You and your friends even made up your own games. You may not have been the best but for as far back as you can remember, you were always involved in sports. You participated in a number of after school clubs and enjoyed the team work and the competition. Now you have kids of your own and you would like them to enjoy the benefits that participating in sports brings to both mind and body. But there is a small problem. “My...