For years we’ve had the wrong view on degeneration or arthritis. We’ve always heard that degeneration is wear and tear. We also believe that degeneration or arthritis has to lead to pain. But this isn’t true! Another piece to this is that doctors and patients are eager to get an X-ray which leads to a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease. But this might not be the correct approach. Let me explain…

I could write a million blogs on the myths in the health and fitness world, but runners are the group I find to have the most myths surrounding them. So let’s go through some of these common myths and bust them for good.

Are your running shoes causing you pain or even injury? In short, most likely not. This is a very common thing I hear and we're often very quick to blame something small like our shoes for why we're having pain. So if it's not the shoes, why are you having pain with running?