Including consistently a strength exercise routine into your training program can lower the risk of overuse injury.

Reduced risk of injury introducing strengthening exercises for runners.

Recreational runners who were incorporating a new foot core strengthening protocol of exercise for 8-week training course were strongly reducing their risk of injury. More info at: Foot Core Training to Prevent Running-Related Injuries: A Survival Analysis of a Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)