Winterproof Your Body

EXTREME COLD AND WET WEATHER PLACES GREATER DEMANDS UPON OUR BODIES. DR PETER THOMPSON EXAMINES THESE DEMANDS AND GIVES HIS TOP TIPS TO WINTER PROOFING YOUR BODY TO REMAIN ON TRACK

TRY TELLING an athlete about how to cope with managing soreness, muscle aches and joint pains and they’ll probably show you the T-shirt. Most will tell you it’s an occupational hazard with the only alternative being to lay up for a while and wait for the injury to fully recover. This can take weeks, maybe months to put right. But, again for most, this is not really an option and you’ll carry on regardless.

Training is a way of life and perhaps the biggest fear is the need for surgery to put things right again. But this isn’t always the case. Even more serious injuries such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament can be fixed without surgery with the right course of physiotherapy when used in conjunction with other treatments. It all depends on the seriousness of the injury, of course, but let’s take a look at the most common causes and how you can winterproof your body to avoid them altogether.

Runner’s knee