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sometimes i wonder if my body is suitable to take up so many sporting activities, namely football and running... there's also a misconception that someone who is good in running long distances can play football all day long... and at high intensity... see, my body isn't the most biomechanically efficient... in fact, there are many problems with my body... so sometimes i fear i find the truth during medical checkups... well, i'm doing one sometime soon... maybe tml or friday... i'll decide later. but let me start on my running injuries that i've incurred this lifetime...

1.shinsplints. caused by muscle imbalance during my trainnee time in sch of phy. training.i was a novice and my shin hurt but it gradually disappeared as i became stronger.. no prob with that...

2.black toes. caused by sliding foot in shoe or cramped toe boxes in shoes...the least of my running probs gave a painful toe which isn't that bad, other than making my feet look ugly... haha

3.bunions. deformity of big toe that causes the 1st joint of the toe to angle outward and the tip to point inward. happens to me with my little toes... again, a small problem, juz makes my feet ugly... and yes, i've got really ugly feet... i noe... large and flat at that... hahaha...

4.morton's toe. HahAhA~ sounds like another scary lookin toe. its a disorder that happens to 25% of the pop. such that the 2nd toe is longer than the big toe.causes pain in the ball of the foot towards the large toes, due to nerve inflammation. happened to me during AHM training and tends to hurt a lot during the toe-off phase when i run. but now it seems to have cured on its own after a period of lull and less intensive running.

5.runners' knee. caused by pronating feet when running. twisting of the knee and lower leg inwards with every step causes the kneecap to rub against the leg bone of thigh.painful chronic ache which i suspect i'm currently suffering from, even though i've not seen a specialist for it... its irritating!!

see my problems? i haven't even go to the injuries inflicted by football... too bad i've got bad biomechanics... but then, live for the moment! haha... dun care lah~ still can play football can liao~ heehee...

and oh... to correct the misconception, high performing runners training intensively are more likely to suffer sports injuries to themselves when playing football or even tennis, than some couch potato who hasn't been training for the past lifetime...

so for anyone who reads this, please enlighten ppl who are sports/running enthusiasts, about the danger of bad biomechanics...

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