Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast
The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in running medicine. Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD, is the host of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast, and is widely accepted as one of the world’s foremost experts in running mechanics and injury management. During each episode, Dr. Heiderscheit and co-host Mark D. Anderson, PT, MPT, OCS delve into a specific running medicine topic while applying real world experience and research to give listeners a comprehensive take on the subject.
Anthony Nasser, B App Sc (Physio), M Sports Physio, PhD of the University of Technology, Sydney is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Nasser is an Australian physiotherapist with nearly 15 years of experience. He has worked extensively as a clinician in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy and has developed a special interest in hip pain over the past 10 years. He recently completed his PhD through La Trobe University in Melbourne which focused on exploring current best practice in the assessment and management of proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Dr. Nasser is currently a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney in the Graduate School of Health where he teaches in the physiotherapy program and conducts research on hip pain.
Robert Wayner, DPT of Ohio University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Wayner is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the division of physical therapy, specializing in the management of musculoskeletal injuries and gait-related impairments. Since 2014, he has taught examination and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions and evidence-based practice to doctoral physical therapy students. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Wayner is the director of the Ohio University Gait Laboratory. Through the Gait Lab, he conducts research on clinical and biomechanical factors associated with running-related injury and is currently pursuing his PhD in Translational Biomedical Sciences at Ohio University.
Wayner RA, Robinson R, Simon JE. Gait asymmetry and running-related injury in female collegiate cross-country runners. Phys Ther Sport. 2022 Nov 5;59:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.11.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36442351.
Celeste Goodman and Aubree McLeod of ReCORE Fitness in Franklin, TN are our guests for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Celeste Goodson founded ReCORE Fitness in 2010 helping women regain core/pelvic floor strength, stability and function and return to running and high impact sports. Celeste is a Cert. Medical Exercise Specialist & USATF Level 1 Track Coach. She trains recreational to Olympic athletes postpartum and also patented the Maternity/Postnatal FITsplint belly support sold worldwide.
Aubree is an exercise physiologist at ReCORE Fitness. She completed her masters in Exercise Science from BYU and has a clinical focus on pregnancy and postpartum training- working with athletes to strengthen and coordinate the core/pelvic floor post birth.
Goodson C, McLeod AR, Kearns Z, Paquette MR. External loading of common training drills: Ranking drills to design progressive return-to-run programs. Phys Ther Sport. 2022 Nov;58:167-172. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.10.012. Epub 2022 Oct 30. PMID: 36368150.
For a video of the running drills, please email Celeste Goodson or Aubree McLeod
Anouk Nijs of the Vrije University in Amsterdam is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Anouk is a PhD candidate in the Department of Human Movement Sciences and in the final stages of her PhD research, which focuses on effective instructions and feedback in running, aimed at improved performance, reduced injury risk, and lasting engagement. She is working towards a ‘running buddy’ application that will help runners find their running style through exploration.
Nijs A, Roerdink M, Beek PJ. Running-style modulation: Effects of stance-time and flight-time instructions on duty factor and cadence. Gait Posture. 2022 Oct 7;98:283-288. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.10.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36242910.
Nicola Relph, PhD of Edge Hill University in UK is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Relph is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine at Edge Hill University. Her current research focus is musculoskeletal injuries in both active and inactive populations. Dr. Relph has a specific interest in lower-limb injuries in people beginning physical activity for the first time, with focus on injury prevention strategies. She is currently working on a project that will collect prevalence and incidence injury data from novice running participants who undertake the “Couch to 5k” program, and is also conducting research on parkrun, a free weekly 5km event. Dr, Relph is lead author on a Cochrane Review entitled: Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults, which is the focus of our discussion today.
Relph N, Greaves H, Armstrong R, Prior TD, Spencer S, Griffiths IB, Dey P, Langley B. Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Aug 22;8(8):CD013368. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013368.pub2. PMID: 35993829; PMCID: PMC9394464.
Alexander Knobloch, Maj, USAF, MC, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP of Travis Air Force Base in California is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Knobloch is a sports medicine physician at the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base. He is one of the assistant program directors for the family medicine residency and a core faculty member of the sports medicine fellowship. Dr Knobloch completed medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, family medicine residency at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and primary care sports medicine fellowship at Fort Belvoir, VA. He enjoys diving into the medical literature and seeking way to optimize rehabilitation programs with a goal of getting family and sports medicine physicians more comfortable talking about and prescribing therapeutic exercises for injury, as well as running gait retraining and how we operationalize this for primary care providers on the front lines of patient care.
Knobloch AC. Running Gait Retraining: A Sports Medicine Training Gap in Family Medicine. Fam Med. 2022 May;54(5):384-388. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2022.405151. PMID: 35536624.
The views expressed in this podcast episode are those of the hosts and guest and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Government, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force, or the Uniformed Services University.
Cristine Agresta, MPT, PhD of the University of Washington is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Agresta is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Kinesiology at Seattle University. Her research focuses on developing assessment and monitoring techniques that improve clinical decision-making regarding athlete care and athletic performance. She has received funding from the Foundation for Physical Therapy, Diadora S.P.A., and adidas AG for her current and previous work.
Agresta C, Giacomazzi C, Harrast M, Zendler J. Running Injury Paradigms and Their Influence on Footwear Design Features and Runner Assessment Methods: A Focused Review to Advance Evidence-Based Practice for Running Medicine Clinicians. Front Sports Act Living. 2022 Mar 9;4:815675. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.815675. PMID: 35356094; PMCID: PMC8959543.
Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD, FAPTA of the University of Wisconsin is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Heiderscheit is the Frederick Gaenslen Professor in Orthopedics and Vice-Chair of Research for the Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation. He is the founding Director of the UW Health Runners’ Clinic; Director of Research for Badger Athletic Performance with UW Athletics; and Co-director of the UW Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory. Dr. Heiderscheit’s research is aimed at understanding and enhancing the clinical management of orthopedic conditions, with particular focus on running-related injuries. Support for his research includes the NIH, NFL, NBA and GE Healthcare. He is Editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.
Laurent Malisoux, PhD of the Luxembourg Institute of Health is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Malisoux is the Leader of the Physical Activity, Sport & Health research group with expertise in sports injury prevention, running biomechanics, physical activity assessment and exercise physiology. He completed his PhD in 2006 at UCLouvain (Belgium), focusing on the impact of training and unloading on contractile properties of single human…
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Michelle Barrack, PhD, RD, CSSD, FACSM of California State University, Long Beach is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Barrack is an Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She has published research on topics addressing nutrition and bone health in youth and collegiate endurance runners and the prevalence and factors associated with dietary supplement use in athletes. Dr. Barrack…
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Lace Luedke, PT, PhD, DPT of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Luedke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology with over 20 years of clinical experience. She earned her PhD in Orthopedic & Sports Science from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, her DPT from the University of Central Arkansas, and her BS in Physical Therapy from…
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Carel Viljoen of University of Pretoria is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Viljoen is the Head of Physiotherapy at the Sport, Exercise Medicine, and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), which is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) research centre, where he mainly works with trail runners and other adventure related sports such as adventure racing. He is also a lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University…
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Shefali Christopher from Elon University is our guest for this months Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Christopher is an assistant professor in the department of physical therapy. She started treating runners 12 years ago because no one else wanted to deal with the triathletes and runners, and slowly built a caseload of predominantly endurance athletes. She has spoken at several local, regional and national conferences about treating the triathlete…
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Aoife Burke from Dublin City University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Aoife is an assistant professor in the Athletic Training program in the School of Health and Human Performance. After completing her athletic therapy and training degree, she worked in a private musculoskeletal clinical practice, whilst also working with some elite teams within Ireland; such as Dublin GAA and some Irish international football teams. Aoife…
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Isabel Sacco, PhD from University of São Paulo is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Sacco is an Associate Professor and vice-director of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences at the School of Medicine; 1B Research fellow of CNPq-Brazil (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development); and the head of the Laboratory of Biomechanics of Movement and Human Posture (LaBiMPH). Her main areas of research include…
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Welcome to episode 64 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! On this month’s episode, we sit down with Richard Mayne (also known as the Moving Medic) to discuss the use of monitoring technology and injury incidence among recreational runners. Richard also discusses how the popular UK website, Parkrun, influenced his research. Dr. Mayne is a family medicine physician in Northern Ireland, with a specialist interest in lifestyle, sport and…
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Welcome to Episode 63 of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! This month, we’re going international as we sit down with Evert Verhagen, Prof. Dr. from Amsterdam to discuss how recreational runners deal with injuries. His latest paper, “I JUST WANT TO RUN: How Recreational Runners Perceive and Deal with Injuries”, was published in the September 2021 issue of BMJ Open Sports Exercise Medicine. Dr. Verhagen is a human movement…
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Episode 62 of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast is now available! This month, Bryan and Jeremy sit down with Eric J Hegedus, PT, DPT, PhD, MHS from Tufts University to discuss returning to distance running after an injury. Info from this episode can help therapists better understand how to treat patients looking to return to competition. Dr. Hegedus is a Professor and founding program director for the Tufts Doctor…
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Welcome to episode 61 of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! Today, we speak with Sarah Dillon of Dublin City University. Sarah is a Chartered Physiotherapist and PhD candidate in the School of Health and Human Performance. Her research, funded by the Insight SFI Research centre for Data Analytics centers around lower limb injuries among recreational runners. In this episode, we examine whether or not pre-existing injuries effects a runner’s…
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Welcome to episode 60 of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! This month, we’re speaking with Stuart Warden, PT, PhD, FACSM, FASBMR of Indiana University about optimal loading for preventing and managing bone stress injuries. Dr. Warden is a Professor within the Departments of Physical Therapy, Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering; Associate Dean for Research within the IU School of Health and Human Sciences; and Director of…
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Adam Tenforde, MD from Harvard Medical School is our guest for this episode of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Tenforde is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a sports medicine physician at the Spaulding National Running Center – one of the only centers in the United States exclusively dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of running-related injuries. Dr. Tenforde has the unique…
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Welcome to Episode 58 of The Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! Nate Vannatta, DPT, SCS from the Department of Sports Medicine of Gundersen Health System in Wisconsin is our guest for this month’s episode. Nate is a Sports Physical Therapist and Associate Program Director for the Gundersen Medical Education’s Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program. He is also an adjunct graduate faculty member of the La Crosse Institute for Movement Science…
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Episode 57 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast is now available! In this episode, we discuss Achilles Tendinopathy Rehabilitation with Karin Grävare Silbernagel PT, ATC, PhD from the University of Delaware. Dr. Silbernagel has been a practicing physical therapist for over 30 years, mainly in orthopedics and sports medicine and her expertise is in the clinical aspects of tendon injury. As the principal investigator of the Tendon Research Group…
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On this month’s episode of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast, we sit down with Dr. David Opar to discuss Hamstring Strain Injuries. Dr. Opar is the Director of the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre at Australian Catholic University. He has conducted extensive research into hamstring strain injuries with a particular focus on how best to identify individuals at risk of this injury and how…
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In this episode of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast, we host a panel of experts from around the world in the second of a two-part series on the topic of running and pregnancy. For the last topic of the series, our panel is discussing Running Postpartum. This international panel includes Rita Deering, DPT, PhD, from Carroll University, Shefali M. Christopher, DPT, from Elon University, Tom Goom (@RunningPhysio) from The…
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In this episode of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast, we host a panel of experts from around the world in the first of a two-part series on the topic of running and pregnancy. In this episode, we discuss Running During Pregnancy and in part two we will discuss Running Postpartum. This international panel includes Rita Deering, DPT, PhD, from Carrol University, Shefali Christopher, DPT, SCS, LAT, from Elon University,…
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Josh Goldman, MD from UCLA is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Goldman is a Health Science Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery. He cares for both Family Medicine and Sports Medicine patients of all ages, while supervising medical students, residents, and Sports Medicine fellows. Dr. Goldman is the team physician for the UCLA football, men’s soccer, and women’s water polo teams. He…
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Welcome to episode 52 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! This month hosts Bryan and Jeremy sit down with Max Paquette, PhD from the University of Memphis. Dr. Paquette is an associate professor in the College of Health Sciences, director of the Musculoskeletal Analysis Laboratory and biomechanist within the Human Performance Center. His research interests are largely focused on lower limb joint mechanics with regards to injury risk reduction…
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Welcome to episode 51 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast! This month, we spoke with Tom Goom of The Physio Rooms in England. Tom graduated with BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy from Oxford Brookes University in 2002. He is Clinical Lead at The Physio Rooms, a keen runner, and creator of Running-Physio.com. Tom’s work has gained a worldwide audience and been featured in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Runner’s…
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Adam Semciw, PT, PhD of La Trobe University, Australia, is our guest for this episode of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Semciw is a physiotherapist and Associate Professor of Allied Health (physiotherapy). He has 55 peer-reviewed publications (49 since 2015, Scopus 07/20). He currently holds a 5-year industry-funded conjoint research position to conduct consumer informed, clinically translatable research at a health service (Northern Health, Victoria, Australia). Dr Semciw’s…
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Episode 49 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast is now available! This month, we speak with Geoff Burns, PhD of the Univesity of Michigan about Regulating Shoes for Road Running. Dr. Burns is a runner and sport science researcher, recently completing his PhD from Michigan’s School of Kinesiology. His research involved the development and application of methods to compare runners to simple biomechanical systems. His studies have explored mechanical…
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Brian Krabak, MD, MBA, FACSM of the University of Washington is our guest for this episode of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Krabak is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Sports Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in sports medicine, providing sports medicine care and lecturing throughout the world. His sports medicine experiences have included the Olympics (2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials,…
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Laurent Malisoux, PhD of the Luxembourg Institute of Health is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Malisoux is the Leader of the Physical Activity, Sport & Health research group with expertise in sports injury prevention, running biomechanics, physical activity assessment, and exercise physiology. He completed his PhD in 2006 at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), focusing on the impact of training and unloading on contractile…
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Geoff Burns, PhD of the Univesity of Michigan is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Burns is a runner and sport science researcher, recently completing his PhD from Michigan’s School of Kinesiology. His research involved the development and application of methods to compare runners to simple biomechanical systems. His studies have explored mechanical patterns in high-performing individuals, ranging from sub-four minute milers to ultra-marathoners. Geoff received…
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Allison Gruber, PhD, FACSM and John Davis are our guests for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Gruber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University in Bloomington and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Gruber’s research focuses on the mechanics of gait, with a particular focus on running and the mechanisms for running injury development. She has incorporated mobile…
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Thierry Franke, PT of Utrecht University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Thierry specializes in orthopedic rehabilitation, specifically shoulder and ACL rehabilitation. During the final year of his masters, he performed an observational cohort study including nearly 600 half and full marathon runners participating in the Utrecht Marathon together with assistant professor Bionka Huisstede PhD PT and professor Frank Backx MD PhD at the Department of…
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Gary Helton, PT, DSc and Don Goss, PT, PhD of the US Army are our guests for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Helton has been an Army physical therapist for 9 years and is board certified in sports and orthopedics. His research interests include injury prevention, particularly within the military initial entry training population. He currently practices in Washington state at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Dr. Don Goss has…
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Brett Toresdahl, MD of the Hospital for Special Surgery is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Toresdahl is board certified in family medicine and has a certificate of added qualification in sports medicine. He is a Team Physician for US Biathlon and Rugby United New York as well as an Orthopedic Consultant for UFC and on the medical staff for Invesco Series QQQ Tennis. He previously…
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Karsten Hollander, MD, PhD of the University of Hamburg is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Hollander is an assistant professor specializing in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He served as the team physician for the German cross-country skiing national team and on the medical advisory board of the German Athletic Association (middle and long-distance running). He completed his PhD in biomechanics studying the…
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Saša Čigoja of the University of Calgary is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Saša is a Kinesiology PhD student at the Human Performance Laboratory. Under the supervision of Dr. Benno Nigg, he studies the effects of increased longitudinal midsole bending stiffness of sport shoes on running mechanics. His PhD work focuses on how increased midsole bending stiffness can be used to redistribute lower limb joint work…
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Evan O. Nelson, PT, DPT, PhD of University of Wisconsin-Madison is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Nelson is an assistant professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. His research involves evaluating the utility of patient-reported outcome measures for running-related injuries. His practice experience spans multiple sports and orthopedic clinical settings including a current position at…
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Nicholas Murray, PhD of East Carolina University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Murray is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and director of the Visual Motor Lab. Dr. Murray’s research involves visual-motor control, brain activity, and the influence of cognitive effort within motor control and learning. His primary goal is to determine antecedents and consequences of an individual’s ability to function in dynamic…
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Steven Sashen is a serial entrepreneur who has never had a job, a former professional stand-up comic and award-winning screenwriter, and a competitive sprinter — one of the fastest men over 55 in the country. He and his wife, Lena Phoenix, co-founded the footwear company Xero Shoes, creating “a MOVEMENT movement” which has helped hundreds of thousands of people Live Life Feet First with happy, healthy, strong feet in addictively…
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Christine Pollard, PT, PhD of Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend, Oregon is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Pollard is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology and the Director of the Force Lab which is a biomechanics laboratory housed within a large Orthopedic Sports Medicine Center in Bend. Dr. Pollard’s research is dedicated to improving the scientific understanding of lower extremity injuries and advancing injury-prevention and rehabilitation…
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Karl Zelik, PhD and Emily Matijevich of Vanderbilt University are our guests for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Zelik is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and co-directs the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (CREATE). CREATE aims to improve health, mobility, and independence for individuals with disabilities, and to enhance human capabilities beyond biological limits, by engineering, measuring, optimizing and understanding technologies that physically augment human…
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Mitchell J. Rauh, PT, PhD, MPH, FACSM of San Diego State University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Rauh is a Professor and the Founding Program Director for the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. He is the Director of the San Diego State University Running and Sports Injury Prevention Research laboratory, and a Co-Principal Investigator of Project SPIRIT (Sports Injury Research In Teens), a multi-funded…
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Stephen Messier, PhD of Wake Forest University of the University of Washington is our guest for episode 33 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podast. Dr. Messier is Professor and Director of the J.B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory in the Department of Health and Exercise Science, and teaches biomechanics and human gross anatomy at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Messier has 28 years of clinical trial experience concerning osteoarthritis (OA)…
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Cristine Agresta, MPT, PhD of the University of Washington is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podast. Dr. Agresta is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She is interested in identifying factors that influence physical resilience, functionality, and durability in athletes. Her research focuses on utilizing wearables to improve clinical assessment and monitoring techniques in real-world settings.
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Allison Gruber, PhD of the University of Indiana is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Gruber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology within the School of Public Health. She received her Master’s degree at East Carolina University and her PhD from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research focuses on the metabolic and mechanical differences between different foot strike patterns as well as the…
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Chris Johnson, physical therapist and owner of Zeren PT & Performance in Seattle, WA is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podast. Chris is also the co-founder and CEO of RunCadence, an iOS app that helps runners apply step rate manipulation to their training. Chris is well published in medical literature and a sought after speaker when it comes to managing endurance athletes across the injury to performance…
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John Dopp, PharmD of the University of Wisconsin is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Dopp is a pharmacist and Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, and clinical researcher with Wisconsin Sleep. His primary research interest is the relationship between sleep disorders and athletic performance. As part of Badger Athletic Performance, Dr. Dopp conducts a weekly sleep clinic with UW student-athletes to…
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Jeff Gaudette of RunnersConnect.net is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Coach Jeff has been running for 13 years, at all levels of the sport. He was a two time Division-I All-American in Cross Country while at Brown University and competed professionally for 4 years after college. Jeff has competed all over the world and recorded Olympic Trials qualifying times in the marathon and 10,000 meters. He…
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Ross Miller, PhD of the University of Maryland is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Program. Dr. Miller’s research focuses on the mechanical loads transmitted throughout the body during human movement, the dependency of these loads on the specifics of an individual’s movement mechanics, and the positive/negative consequences of those loads…
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Andrew Shennan, OBE, MBBS, MD, FRCOG of King’s College London is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Shennan is Professor of Obstetrics, Director of the Clinical Trials Unit in the Women’s Academic Health Centre, and Deputy Director of R and D for Guys and St. Thomas NHS Trust. He sits on the Academic and Research Committees of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and…
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Chris Napier, PT, PhD of University of British Columbia is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Napier is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, and is currently the Western Hub physiotherapist for Athletics Canada and the team physiotherapist for the BC Endurance Project, a group of Canada’s elite distance runners based out of Vancouver. Through his research, Dr. Napier aims to develop…
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David Hawkins, PhD of University of California-Davis is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Hawkins is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, is the chair of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, and oversees the Biomechanics portion of the UC Davis Human Performance Lab. A mechanical/biomedical engineer by academic training, Dr. Hawkins research objectives are to understand the mechanisms that influence the performance…
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Rich Souza, PhD, PT of UC-San Francisco is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Souza is a Professor in the Departments of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Radiology, and Orthopaedic Surgery, and the Director of Research of the Human Performance Center. Dr. Souza’s research interests are focused on the relationships between mechanics of human movement and development and progression of knee and hip osteoarthritis. Dr. Souza…
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Dan Cobian, PT, PhD of University of Wisconsin is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Cobian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and a researcher within UW Badger Athletic Performance. His research is focused on the neuromuscular recovery following joint surgeries and how movement patterns are affected.
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Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA of Harvard University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Davis is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center. She has pioneered the area of retraining faulty gait patterns in both walking and running, and an advocate for the importance of foot health in runners.
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Jonathan Beverly is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Jonathan is a writer, photographer, coach, lifetime runner and expert in running shoes and the running industry. He served as editor of Running Times from 2000-2015, and is the author of Your Best Stride (Rodale, 2017) and Run Strong, Stay Hungry (Velopress, 2017).
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Jenelle Deatherage, PT, OCS of Rock Valley Physical Therapy in Peoria, IL is our guest for episode 19 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Jenelle is a physical therapist who specializes in treating running injuries and has an interest in women’s health issues related to sports. She was a 4-time All-American for the University of Wisconsin and went on to run professionally. She recently qualified for the 2020 Olympic…
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Jason Franz, PhD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Franz is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and director of the UNC Applied Biomechanics Lab. His research interests involve the neuromuscular biomechanics of human movement, with a special emphasis on aging.
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Roy Cheung, PT, PhD of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Cheung is a physical therapist and biomechanist within the Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory. His research interests include running biomechanics, injury prevention, and gait modification strategies.
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Tina Muir is a 2:36 marathoner and Great Britain runner who recently shocked the running world by taking a hiatus to focus on starting a family and overcoming amenorrhea. Tina created the Running for Real Community to foster a healthy mindset around running. This is a space where runners can explore, embrace, and get better from setbacks through inspiring podcasts, videos, and blog posts, and most importantly, sharing thoughts and…
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Nick Aures, RD, MS of the University of Wisconsin Athletics is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Nick is the Director of Performance Nutrition, and responsible for overseeing all nutritional services and education for the student-athletes. Prior to joining the Badgers, Nick was the performance enhancement dietitian for Navy Fitness & All Navy sports, working with all branches of the military and coordinating nutrition programs and services…
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Richard Willy, PT, PhD of the University of Montana is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Willy’s research is discussed which focuses on gait modification of runners at high risk for patellofemoral pain and tibial stress fractures, as well as those post knee surgery.
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Jonathan Beverly is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Jonathan is a writer, photographer, coach, lifetime runner and expert in running shoes and the running industry. He is the author of Your Best Stride (Rodale, June 2017), and served as editor of Running Times from 2000-2015.
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Heather Vincent, PhD of the University of Florida is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Vincent is the Director of the Human Performance Laboratory and the Director of the UF Health Sports Performance Center. Her main research focus is the study of the effects of obesity on joint disease mechanisms such as osteoarthritis, and the development of exercise based interventions to reduce disease pathology, pain and…
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Jared Ward is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Jared is an accomplished distance runner, winning the 2015 USATF Running Circuit Champions, and most recently running for team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He wrote his master thesis on optimal marathon pacing strategies, and will provide useful insights for staying healthy despite high running mileage.
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Jay Dicharry, PT of Rebound Physical Therapy is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Jay is a physical therapist and author of Anatomy for Runner, and director of the REP lab in Bend, OR which treats underlying biomechanical problems using force analyzing technology. Jay has broad experience both in the clinical and research aspects of running injury management.
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Rasmus Nielsen, PT, PhD of Aarhus University in Denmark is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Nielsen is a physical therapist and researcher within the Department of Public Health, Sports Sciences Division, and has conducted several large-scale prospective studies to identify running injury risk factors among community runners.
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Adam Tenforde, MD of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Tenforde is a sports medicine physician and Director of Running Medicine for the Spaulding National Running Center. His research interests include bone health in athletes, prevention of overuse injuries, and foot and ankle conditions. Dr. Tenforde was an All-American long-distance runner and contributor to multiple national championship teams at…
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Gavin Kennedy of the University of Wisconsin Badgers Track and Cross Country teams is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Gavin is an assistant coach specializing in distance running, and has developed multiple All-Americans and record holders.
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Brian Krabak, MD, MBA, FACSM of the University of Washington is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Krabak is a sports medicine physician, specializing in running medicine, who focuses on the prevention, treatment of sports-related injuries, and sports performance enhancement in youth and adult recreational to professional athletes.
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Golden Harper, founder of Altra Running Footwear, is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Golden’s thoughts on footwear design, running-injury myths and footwear selection will be discussed, as well as what it was like to build a running shoe company from the ground up.
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Steve Swanson, co-founder of Vima, a sensory training technology company, is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Steve has an extensive background in sports technology serving as Chief Science & Technology Officer for Athletic Republic, founder of Treadmetrix and AccuPower Solutions and the Inaugural Chair of Technology for the Sixth IOC World Congress on Sport Science.
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Shane McClinton, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT of Des Moines University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. McClinton’s experience as the director of the Running Clinic at DMU is discussed, including his approach to retraining running mechanics.
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Blaise Williams, PT, PhD of VCU Run Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University is our guest. Dr. Williams’ research is discussed including how running mechanics change with advancing age, factors affecting injury risk in female runners, and some of his latest work that led to the development of a Running Readiness Scale.
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So often we hear from both patients and colleagues alike how running is “bad for your joints”. However, the evidence over the past decade-plus indicates that this strongly held notion is likely not true; instead moderate or recreational running may actually have a protective effect.
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