Run Healthy, Run Strong: Dr. Steve Smith's guide to injury prevention and treatment for runners

THE SADDEST THING for arunner to hear is a health practitionersaying, “You have an injury. You haveto stop running.”Although running is a non-aggressivesport, it has a surprisingly high rate ofinjury, as high as 79%. And the risk ismost serious for newcomers, peoplewho have recently discovered runningand are excited about the benefits.The fact is, if you are a runner,the way things are today, you willprobably be injured. This book canchange that.Dr. Steve Smith is a chiropractor with33 years of experience focusing onrunners. A lifetime runner and theco-founder of the Pasadena Pacers,he offers common-sense advice aswell as easy-to-do stretches andexercises that will prepare your bodyto run better, stronger and with lesschance of injury.

From decades treating every common runner's injury hundreds of times, and most of the exotic ones several times as well, I've learned a few simple ways of approaching running that can keep the injuries away and minimize them when they do occur. In these pages you will find the best information I've been able to bring together in one place that will help you run healthy, strong and injury-free. I encourage you to take action on the simple strategies for running healthy you will find here. Enjoy our sport, stay on the team, and I will see you out on the road. -Dr. Steve