Top 5 Ways to Prevent Injuries

Although some sporting injuries are unavoidable and just plain bad luck, many can be avoided by sticking to the following guidelines: Start slow. When starting a new sport or form of exercise, always ensure that you start slowly and gradually increase the intensity, frequency and duration of the activity. For example, it is common when people take up running to start with running as far as they can manage, as fast as they can and increasing this very quickly. This is a mistake and often leads to overuse injuries such as shin splints.