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The 3 Most Common Running Injuries: How to Prevent & Treat Them with Physio Adrian D’Costa

The 3 Most Common Running Injuries: How to Prevent & Treat Them with Physio Adrian D’Costa

Update: 2025-11-211
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Shin splints, runner's knee, and IT band syndrome explained by expert running physio Adrian D'Costa - discover how to prevent and fix the most common running injuries with proven strength training and recovery strategies.


In this episode of The Runna Podcast, hosts Anya Culling and Ben Parker sit down with Adrian D'Costa, Head Physio at Runna and one of London's leading running injury specialists. Learn the science behind patellofemoral pain syndrome, medial tibial stress syndrome, and IT band pain and the prevention and load management techniques to keep you injury-free.


What you’ll learn: 

✅ Why runner's knee affects 25% of runners (and how to prevent it)

✅ The truth about shin splints as a bone stress injury

✅ Best strength exercises for runners: the "rainbow quadricep method"

✅ Why hip stability beats stretching for IT band syndrome

✅ Recovery secrets: cross-training, sleep, and smart training cycles

✅ Load management strategies for marathon training


This episode targets the 3 most common running injuries, what they are and how to prevent & recover from them. 


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The 3 Most Common Running Injuries: How to Prevent & Treat Them with Physio Adrian D’Costa

The 3 Most Common Running Injuries: How to Prevent & Treat Them with Physio Adrian D’Costa