Ice vs Heat: What’s the Most Effective for Injuries and Pain
Icing or heating injuries or painful joints can provide pain relief. But it’s important to understand when to use which type of ‘thermal therapy’. More data now exists to say…
Why I Stopped Foam Rolling My IT Band
Rolling is a great tool for runners to prevent injuries, but you have to stop foam rolling IT Band pain! Physical Therapists share why and tips
5 Quick Knee Strengthening Exercises for Pain and Recovery
Crack. Pop. UGH. The sounds that haunt you as you drag yourself off the floor from foam rolling. What the heck is going on with your knees?! Good news, all…
Running Hamstring Pain: Causes, Treatment and Prevention Plan
Runners are highly susceptible to hamstring pain and injury. This complete guide includes everything you need to prevent, treat and recover.
Runner’s Toe Prevention and 7 Easy Tips to Keep Running
Let’s start with this, Runner’s Toe (aka black toenails from running) is not required to be in the club and is not a 100% certainty for all runners. We often treat our…
The Best Glute Activation Exercises to Maximize Your Runs
Are you suffering from tight hip flexors or lower back pain while running or right after a lower body workout? Do you struggle to feel your glutes ‘turn on’ while…
How to Get Rid of Shin Splints: Treat and Fully Recover
Looking for the ultimate guide on how to get rid of shin splints? Don’t worry, I’ve got everything you need in this article. In part one, we covered the best…
5 IT Band Stretches for Runners Based on Yoga
If there’s one injury that plagues running friends more than any other it’s the IT Band. I’ve talked here about the specific things I do to keep mine happy since…
Peroneal Tendonitis: Runners’ Treatment and Prevention Guide
Have pain on the outside of your ankle? It could be Peroneal Tendonitis! A complete guide to understanding, treating, and preventing it.
Running in Bad Air Quality and Smoke from Fires
Can I run in the smoky air? How are you dealing with running in smog? What are my options for running in bad air quality? These questions are filling my…
Joint Health for Runners
Is running bad for your knees? No. Can running actually be beneficial to joint health? Yes!! We know that healthy joints are important for our everyday lives to simply move…
CBD Cream Benefits
Currently dealing with pain and wondering about the CBD cream benefits? Does it actually work? How does it work? I’ve talked with many of you who wish you could take…
Exercise with Knee Pain? What You Can Still Do
If you’re a runner, surely someone in your world has commented about how bad the sport is for the knees. While knee pain is common among runners, running isn’t inherently…
Best Running Injury Prevention Exercises
Nearly every runner has been through an injury, which makes the average non-runner believe that you simply can’t enjoy this sport without hurting yourself. As though there are no running…
Common Running Injuries | Guide to Recovery and Prevention
While I am NOT a physical therapist or a sports doctor, I spend a lot of time researching common running injuries and talking to the experts to help my athletes…
Hip Stability Exercises to prevent ITBS and Runner’s Knee
Every year, I receive a lot of questions about recovering from IT Band Syndrome and I understand why…it sucks! There is the moment when you first think you can run…
BE FAST: Understanding Stroke Symptoms
As many of you know by now, my father had a heart attack last month. It was immensely terrifying to see someone in good health, suddenly dealing with something so…
Running Stress Fracture Nutrition Guide for Prevention and Healing
A running stress fracture is an all too common occurrence which can be avoided with some specific nutritional changes (and of course smart running). Even if you're dairy free, we've…
How I Returned to Running after Knee Surgery
“Don’t worry, you’ll run again, just be patient”. I can’t count the number of times someone said this to me and I had to bite my very blunt tongue because…
You’re Injured. 7 Step Program for Mental Recovery
Is it possible to run without injury, absolutely. Do most of us do all the things that would require (daily PT, stretching, never pushing beyond our limits, avoiding misplaced man…
An Running Knee MRI Mess: 12 Tips for Running Without Drugs
Oh my God, I can’t be that person who starts saying “I used to run, but now my knees are bad.” I’m sure it’s wrong that this was my first…
Could your pain be all in your head?
Race week injuries. We’ve attributed them to over training and “taper madness” for years, but we still believe something physically must be wrong. This post is going to piss off…