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When creating an exercise program, you always have to consider what you are trying to achieve. This may be something sport specific, weight loss or a certain goal you want to achieve, such as mastering a chin up. Having an idea of your goal will determine how to order your program. Read on for Andrew Mangani’s programming tips.

Tendinopathy refers to a broad term surrounding painful conditions in/around tendons in response to overuse. It is characterised by micro-tears, collagen disarray, and a range of cellular changes in the tendon.

I have been training to complete the 10km run at the Melbourne marathon and have started to experience Achilles pain during my runs. It has been going on for 8 weeks now and isn’t settling. I experience it at the start of my run but goes away about 1km in but is worse about an hour after I stop. It is also quite sore first thing in the morning when I get out of bed. Nothing I do seems to help to reduce the pain when I go back to running. What can I do to manage this pain?

“I have been doing a lot of house renovations recently and have started to experience pain on the outside of my elbow with opening jars and carrying the shopping. It gets better with the more I move, but gets worse once in have stopped moving. My GP says that I have Tennis Elbow, how can I have this when I don’t play tennis?”

At Evado Studios, we’re seeing more and more runners. Some are chasing personal bests, others hoping to cross the finish line injury-free. As physiotherapists, we love seeing our clients move well and perform at their best. But this time of year, we also see a rise in preventable injuries caused by overtraining, muscle imbalances, and skipping recovery. Find out what the most common running injuries are and why cross-training is often the missing link.