A massive credit to Simon Bartold for the content and inspiration behind this week’s blog. I am currently attending his musculoskeletal course and his evidence-based knowledge is world class. Some of you runners can pinpoint training errors which results in achilles pain, but sometimes it...
This would personally have to be one of the hardest blogs to write. Coming up with content while keeping my own biases aside while reading literature that contradicts one another. There is hope however, and this information will be very definitive for some populations and...
With the Melbourne marathon 3 months out a lot of runners will be starting their running programs and building up to that 42.2km. I thought it would be appropriate timing to blog about stress fractures. Please share or comment your experiences with stress fractures below. Let’s...
This week’s blog will help you with prevention and management of most lower limb tendinopathies including plantar fasciitis, achilles, hamstring, patella and hip tendinopathies. The information provided will cover 95% of cases out there, I am aware rare presentations may all outside of this advice....
I must start this blog with a warning because as a running physiotherapist the last thing I want to do is have a runner sustain an injury. Be gradual when increasing your speed because attempting this will put you in a high-risk category for an...
This is an important one that all runners should know. Rather than having an injury and learning how to deal with it, let’s focus being preventative! I have written down the top 4 that I see most often however if you wish to share any...
Being the physiotherapist that I am I thought I would start covering some specific running conditions in my blogs. If you have had shin splints in the past I would encourage you to comment on your experiences below and share what has/has not worked for...
I know what you are thinking “now Brodie wants me to add another thing into my routine to help my running! I do so many things already and all I want to do is run”. Similar to other strengthening precautions, you don’t need to implement...
This is a question not a lot of runners think about but should consider for a long and healthy running career. I will focus this topic towards the injured runner. If someone is managing a running injury, how can they best influence the environment around...
Runners get injured. Runners get injured a lot! Studies show that up to 50-80% of runners are injured every year. So as a physiotherapist I think it is crucial for the longevity of your running career that you understand the different types of running pain....