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.