Can the turns of an indoor track be responsible for an injury?

strengthen your hips.

weak hips cause the majority of injuries.

Look into things like piriformis. There are specific stretches if this is the cause. The tighter turns may exacerbate the strain but did not cause it.

Have you been doing core work? Things like twisting and diagonal crunches (and certain kinds of planks) can strengthen the musculature in the hip/groin area and keep this type of thing from happening.

I missed a month of training from unbelievable sicknesses, so i started indoor only around 2 weeks ago. Before that I was a complete tank of core, though some people in my family have had hip/i.t. band issues when running. And yes i know what core is its not only abs. I am skinny as hell, even for a distance runner, but i doubt this had much to do with it. Ever since the month of sickness core has become harder for me to do for some reason so that could be it. I was doing it 3x a week before the sickness but since I started up i've only done body circuits around 2x. Will iceing help this muscle injury recover if it isn't swollen?

I am not a fan of hurdle mobility because of precisely your experience (except for hurdlers of course). I'd much rather have people doing hops over short hurdles (plyos--but NOT when you're injured).

Yes, ice MAY help. But it would help if you know what the precise injury is, because there are exercises. If your school does not have a trainer (I mean a real trainer with real cousework and certifications, not a coach who claims to be a trainer), you might visit a physical therapist, who might be able to help with recovery/strengthening exercises.

The turns on an outdoor track can hurt your hips, so an indoor track can also do this due to the nature of the bends. Personally I had foot problems from running indoors (5th metatarsal).

I actually did some hurdle mobility today just so I could try to identify where exactly it hurt but for some reason i felt hardly any pain doing it. During base runs now it doesn't bother me, but I can't do strides without it hurting. So far, besides sprinting, the only stretch that seems to always stretch the injured area is pelvic raises while lying on the ground. Whatever it is isn't very serious but when my right leg goes far forward when sprinting, the hip/groin of my left leg hurts a lot, preventing me from going far.

it sounds like your coach is pretty bad if he makes you do multiple workouts on that type of indoor track.

Ask Ritz that question.

yes

Tracks have given me three medial tibial stress fractures on the left side.

This may very well not work, but have you tried stretching your psoas&hip flexors out really well? If those get really tight it might eventually lead to adductor tightness as well. Doing some stretching daily of psoas and holding for 3-5mins combined with the use of A good massage therapist who works withrunners might help.

For me, tight turns on indoor track put strain on my medial left knee, near the medial femoral condyle. I remember when I got this injury I had done all of my warmup and cool down mileage (before and after the 2x/week workout)on the indoor track as well (it was in the outer lanes but still). So I would say just to make sure (if u havent already) to do all of your running except the workout outside on the straights and only use the indoor tight turn crap for the workout itself.

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