You can’t always run away from ADHD, but there’s always walking.

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I am a little fatigued with seeing articles advising on how running is such a good treatment for people with various neurological disorders. While I do appreciate the sentiment and acknowledge the clear benefits of exercise with regard to virtually every neurological pathology, it seems to me that authors are drastically underselling the reality for those with more lifelong afflictions. The reality is running has a high injury rate, arguably very high. Indeed a recent study might have even been a little shocking to the market leader Nike. They showed the results in a press release.

The Nike React Infinity Run reduced running injuries by 52% compared to the Nike Air Zoom Structure 22 in a study of 226 men and women during a 12 week run training program (injury = missing 3 or more consecutive runs due to running related pain). Our study found that 30.3% of Nike Air Zoom Structure 22 runners experienced an injury but only 14.5% of Nike React Infinity Run runners experienced an injury.

For me, such an injury amount is simply not acceptable. And you have to remember that people such as myself, who suffer from this disorder or others, may have impaired co-ordination and inferior leg strength as a consequence of less physical activity (if you are bad at sports you are less likely to compete in them —…