The Runners' Repair Manual: A Complete Program for Diagnosing and Treating Your Foot, Leg and Back Problems,   ISBN:9780312695972

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A very good book, filled with preventative as well as treatments for many running injuries. Wish I would have read this earlier and saved myself a lot of down time, while my injuries healed. Every runner should read this.

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(I don't want to even give this book one star) If you have a hammer, you start to see every problem as a nail. If you are a foot doctor, you see your solutions as the only solutions to foot problems. Unfortunately for doctors and companies such as Nike, foot problems are caused by only one thing; wearing shoes. If you are suffering from foot, shin, or even lower back problems, try walking around, and yes, running, without shoes. All the advice in this book helped me not one iota. Running and walking in the streets barefoot changed everything.

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This book, while almost 30 years old is fabulous. It explains how to get started as a runner, how to learn to enjoy running, and how to stay healthy and injury free. The steps and explanations are jargon free, and easy to understand. It is like a having a personal podiatrist/trainer as a guide. The exercises and symptom evaluation are some of the best parts of the book.
This book is a running classic.

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A great book for fix it yourself personalities. It gives you common sense, inexpensive ways to resolve foot, leg, etc. ailments.

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This is the book to have on how to keep your feet, knees, and any other body parts working as well as they can. Great diagnosis on whatever ails you as a runner. Timeless and still universally useful regardless of how old the book is. This is my second copy in the last 15 or so years.