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Should you do stretching, strengthening and coordination exercises to prevent injuries like IT band syndrome, patellofemoral pain and shin splints?

One of the most pervasive myths in manual therapy and athletics is the belief that injuries are prevented by strength, flexibility and coordination. Unfortunately, the research simply doesn’t back this up, such as the 2008 study by American Journal of Sports Medicine.

A thousand soldiers in basic training were studied to determine whether or not an exercise program could “reduce the incidence of overuse knee injuries and medial tibial stress syndrome [shin splints].” Half participated in an exercise program consisting of stretching, strengthening or coordination exercises, and their injury rates were compared the other half that did nothing.

There were fifty injuries among those who exercised to prevent injury, but only forty-eight among those who did nothing. The researchers reasonably concluded that classic injury prevention exercises — all standard prescriptions to athletes — “did not influence the risk” of injury.

“Prevention of overuse injuries by a concurrent exercise program in subjects exposed to an increase in training load: a randomized controlled trial of 1020 army recruits”

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Should you do stretching, strengthening and coordination exercises to prevent injuries like IT band syndrome, patellofemoral pain and shin splints?

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