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Monica Hand
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WITH JAROD CARTER PT, DPT, MTC n Local physical therapist, discusses some of the most common injuries among runners and hikers and how to prevent them.
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the two most common ones down there. Then, there are those types of pain and injury in the hip and back region, which are slightly less common but certainly happen enough to be called a “common” injury.
arod Carter found his passion for the movement and care of the human body from his early days as an athlete in high school and throughout his time as a springboard diver on the University of Texas at Austin’s swimming and diving team. After graduating from UT with a bachelor’s in kinesiology, Carter went on to the University of St. Augustine to earn his doctorate in physical therapy. He opened his own practice a little over 10 years ago and continues to serve the Austin community, ensuring that every patient receives the attention they deserve. Carter sat down with the AFM team to talk about common injuries and preventions for runners and hikers.
All of these can come from a variety of things and be called a variety of things. With knee pain, common issues include patellar tendonitis, IT band syndrome, ligament strains and damage or tearing of the meniscus. In your hip, it’s not uncommon to aggravate the labrum—this piece of cartilage in the hip joint—and plenty of our runners end up with issues surrounding that particular tissue. Luckily, all of these common injuries are mostly treatable without surgery.
Q: What issues do you often see arise in runners?
Q: How do you treat someone with one of these ailments?
A: With running, there are quite a few very common
A: It all comes down to figuring out each individual,
injuries—from a variety of different types of knee pain to different types of heel and ankle issues, like plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis, which are probably
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understanding their specific puzzle. It’s very rare that any one injury or pain has developed because of one single thing. That’s why I think it’s so important for
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