Basic Running Injury Prevention Measures Besides unforeseen mishaps in life, many injuries are preventable in a wide range of non-contact sports. Many of the principles in the full Basic Running / Sports Injury Preventative Measures article equally apply to other sports, general exercise and rehabilitation after an injury. It is also important to realise that there are times where we all may need some outside professional help too. Even top-level athletes who have every aspect of their training monitored carefully, regularly get external help. However, there is still a great deal we can do ourselves in terms of self-maintenance and injury prevention risk management. The full article  Basic Running / Sports Injury Preventative Measures - a Myotherapy perspective   goes into more detail on simple measures that we can all take to help avoid some unnecessary injuries.  The information on this page was written by Terry Davis MChiro, GradCertMentHlth, BSc. (Hons)...