The Don Valley trail system, the Danforth, and the waterfront make Toronto’s East End one of the best running neighbourhoods in the city. It also means we see a lot of running injuries at our Greektown Danforth clinic. Here’s what we’ve learned from treating hundreds of Toronto runners — and how you can stay out of the clinic and on the trail.
The vast majority of running injuries are overuse injuries — meaning the tissue was asked to handle more load than it was capable of handling at that moment. This can be from a too-rapid mileage increase, a sudden increase in intensity, inadequate recovery, poor movement mechanics that create inefficient load distribution, or weakness in the hip and glute muscles that support the entire lower extremity during running.
We assess running mechanics as part of injury rehabilitation for appropriate patients. This includes evaluating cadence, foot strike, hip drop (Trendelenburg), trunk lean, and arm swing. Small changes in mechanics — particularly increasing cadence and improving hip control — can meaningfully reduce tissue stress without reducing training output.
One of the most common errors in running injury rehabilitation is returning too early based on absence of pain rather than restoration of tissue capacity. Our Danforth team uses progressive return-to-running protocols that gradually reintroduce load while monitoring symptoms and tissue response.
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