Broken Hearts, Broken Tendons, Set to Music
How running therapy can go disastrously wrong
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6 min readMar 26, 2019
So-called “experts” in running barefoot suggest starting slowly. “Take an inaugural jog around the block,” advise all the runner websites. “Then stop. The next day, run three or four blocks. Then stop.” The alternative is a graduate course in howling pain, as your tendons stretch and strain and finally rip apart.
