Roughly 40% of recreational runners are affected by running-related knee injuries each year, with patellofemoral pain syndrome and IT band syndrome being identified as the most common culprits. As it turns out, biomechanical imbalances that develop gradually over months of training are often the source of many of these injuries. Movement pattern correction, targeted strengthening, and progressive loading protocols are typically used to design physiotherapy interventions. Manual therapy techniques have been combined with exercise prescription; the approach has been refined significantly in recent years. That said, injury severity and individual factors cause recovery timelines to vary considerably.
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