New to the Half Marathon
By Laura Barreca PT, DPT
Let’s talk about the half marathon!Are you considering signing up for a half and have never done one before? Let’s talk expectations, half marathon …
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Running Recovery
Why Am I Always Injured?
By Cat Fitzgerald PT, DPT, CSCS
Why am I always injured?! I can’t get through a single training cycle healthy!
This question is one I hear all too frequently. I …
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When is it safe to Return to Running After ACL Reconstruction?
You’re active aren’t you…I knew it, you wouldn’t be here if you weren’t. Is this your first major surgery? Are you chomping at the bit to get back to your …
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How to Avoid Winter Running Injuries
Injuries are, unfortunately, a year round problem. But during the winter we see an uptick in a particular set of injuries. These include muscle strains and ankle/foot sprains.
Muscle strains, …
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Yoga for Running Cooldown
Is yoga good for recovery? We get asked this a lot, especially during marathon training, when runner’s are always looking for ways to get more stretching and mobility into their …
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Hamstring PTSD
by Kathleen Leninger, PT, DPT
We always talk about having chronic injury support groups. I think one of our largest groups would be the chronic hamstring PTSD group. Once you …
Can Footwear Protect Against Injury During Easy Running?
Most running-related injuries come from a combination of training load, the body's ability to recover, and additional external or internal stressors. For example, running uphill is an additional external stressor, with its own potential consequences (ex: form issues, toasted hamstrings).
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Covid Return To Run
I tested positive for COVID... so, when can I run? There’s a short and long answer to that question. The short answer is: hold all exercises for two weeks following your positive test. While it's only been a year since COVID was identified, like any other illness, exercising while sick is not advised.
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The pandemic stress fracture: what your body is trying to tell us.
Stress fracture: the injury that haunts any runner who has ever had one. It is typically due to a combination of factors including poor recovery, lack of sleep, nutritional deficits, mileage changes, and overtraining. Lately, however, we've seen an increase in the number of stress fractures and it isn't because people are running more. In fact, some of them are running less. I'm talking about 15-20 miles per week TOTAL with no tempo or speed work runs. So why is this happening?
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Sleep Habits
It's been a while since I've written about sleep… one of my favorite activities! In previous blogs we've talked about the importance of sleep for recovery and hormone regulation, but what exactly is sleep? And during times like these (global pandemic, uncertainty) how much does our sleep quality matter? Hint: it matters a lot.