What is the main cause of injuries?

Can anorexia be the cause of muscle tightness and other injuries?

• I am 16 years old, i ran cross country 7th-9th grade until forced out due to injuries. and still run track but not able to be very competitive these last few years. anorexia has been a problem since 7th grade. it has gotten so bad that i am not able to feel hunger anymore. i am able to now control it most of the time but when i was a very competitive runner i couldn't. the injuries started during my 8th/9th grade year, unusual muscle tightness in legs, back and neck. ankle and knee problems, off balanced at the hip area, so my one leg is shorter than the other if not stretched out. and many other small injuries that have names that i don't remember. ran through it thinking it would go away. ive been to many doctors, all of them said to stretch and use a rolling ball to force my muscles to relax. none of the doctors know about my anorexia. could this be a reason for my injuries? and would there be a different way to fix everything then? oh and i am 4'11 and 85 pounds.

• Answer:

  sure can....it can also start very adverse effects on other organs....hon, you seriously need to talk to your docs...& whether you're hungry or not, you know you need food for energy & to actually survive...there are also other conditions that misinterpret hunger, & some of these conditions are of an urgent matter....again, the docs can figure this out but you've got to talk to them...your muscle tightness is only a mask to what's really going on here...& there are many more conditions that will surely sneak up on you...PLEASE, tell your docs...