Fitness: Runners worried about injury should get a hip check

Shorten your stride. Take your shoes off. Put your shoes on. Lean forward. Straighten up.
If you’re a runner, you’ve probably received all this advice and more, all in the name of keeping injuries at bay. Yet despite the number of tips on how to avoid injury, runners continue to get hurt. Statistics suggest that up to 80 per cent of runners will experience an injury at least once — a number most will tell you is on the low side.
Overuse is often cited as the primary cause, but