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Solving the mystery of pain

John Gay — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:26 +0000

Strength coach and corrective manual therapist Jesse Prescott explains how understanding the brain/body connection is the key to overcoming injuries and pain

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How to distinguish discomfort from pain

Cameron Ormond — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:35:18 +0000

In running, some kinds of hurt are good–but when do you draw the line?

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To run your second marathon, you might have to forget your first

Brittany Hambleton — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:24:59 +0000

Research shows runners forget the pain of running a marathon, which allows them to do another

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Feeling post-race pain? DOMS may be to blame

Dan Way — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:11:33 +0000

Delayed onset muscle soreness or DOMS is a common complaint among many first-time racers and almost all marathoners. Fortunately, it's entirely normal and often only temporary.

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Running injury prevention and management – Common complaints and what to do about them

Dan Way — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:21:15 +0000

Many runners are now training for their upcoming goal races. With that comes weekly workouts, long runs and higher mileage. It is also the time of year that new and […]

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Pain as pleasure? You got to believe it to benefit from it

Dan Way — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:10:37 +0000

Pain is almost exclusively a negative feeling. We avoid it whenever possible. Runners know this. Running 5K pace is painful. So is kilometre 40 of the marathon, but how we perceive and […]

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Your perception of pain might be making your muscles hurt more

Dan Way — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:59:58 +0000

Hard workouts, grueling long runs, hill repeats. All of these are likely to take a toll on your body and result in muscle pain and soreness. But your attitude about muscle pain could actually be making it feel worse.

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Fact or fiction: Getting on point about acupuncture

Dan Way — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:42:56 +0000

Some insist it can relieve the pain associated with tight muscles and joints. Others are more skeptical. Can acupuncture work for you?

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Why we keep racing

Scott Leitch — Wed, 06 May 2015 17:25:13 +0000

You know how much the end of that race hurts? Probably not. New research, published earlier this year, has added to the understanding that we’re not all that great at […]

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