Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002 A is for ankleIf you get hurt orienteering, chances are you hurt your ankle.Ankle injuries are 59 percent of all acute O' injuries. A Swedish study found that other injuries are much less common. Injuries to the lower leg (15 percent), knee (11 percent) and foot (8 percent) were also relatively common. Here is a translation of some text from the book, Träning: The most common acute injury in orienteering is a twisted ankle. It is an injury of bad luck, but it is most comment when the runner is tired, has poor coordination, isn't used to running in the forest, is tight/stiff or has poor flexibility. I've been lucky and haven't had many ankle problems. I remember being unable to finish a race because of a turned ankle once. I also missed a day or two of a training camp with a turned ankle. Otherwise, I haven't really had much trouble in 22 years of orienteering. I think one reason I've avoided many problems (so far!) is that I do a reasonable amount of my training in the woods. Running in the woods changes your form a bit. You run with a bit more bend in your hip and don't shift your weight the same as when you run on a road. Maybe that reduces the chances of an ankle injury? Or maybe I've just been lucky? There is some discussion about ankle support at Attackpoint. I've run with the Active Ankle device. In my limited experience, it seems quite good -- comfortable and gives a lot of support. Back in the late 1980s, Active Ankle (or someone who sold them) sponsored the US O' team. Everyone on the team got at least one Active Ankle. A could also be for analizo I'm pretty sure that "analizo" is Slovenian for analysis. Take a look at this analysis of an O' course. I can't make any sense of the text (wish I could) but looking at the course and the routes is interesting anyway. posted by Michael | 7:36 PM 
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