Prevention is better than cure!
Now you must of heard this saying before and of course it is absolutely bang on! So hands up who went to their Physio injury free with the intention of trying to prevent injury? What, nobody? Exactly! ...but what about the phrase? Don't you agree that prevention is better than cure? Oh you do! So practice what you preach. Here is why: Let's take an example such as Plantar Fasciitis or CPHP (Pain under your heel). What causes this problem is different in each individual and so the person needs to be assessed for these issues to get rid of the problem. However getting rid of the causes before you get a problem means that the chances are that you don't get it in the first place. Wouldn't that be great! So what are examples of causes of Plantar Fasciitis: Running? 4.5 to 10% of all running athletes will develop it and this is mostly in distance runners, hence why it is sometimes called jogger’s heel (Lopes AD et al 2012), (Singh et al 2008). I
