Give yourself permission to heal with Jaclyn Ricchio

On today’s episode Jaclyn Ricchio opens up about her experience with chronic knee pain. After her initial knee pain during marathon training 5 years earlier, Jaclyn found her symptoms gradually spin out of control.  Jaclyn describes her experiences as her symptoms intensify, to the point of constant fear and anxiety whenever she had to move […]

The Myths around low back pain with Dr. Kieran O’Sullivan

Dr. Kieran O’Sullivan is a Physiotherapist, Clinician, Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Limerick. His research interests are pain & injury with low back pain specifically. This episode helps debunk a lot of unhelpful myths that plague back pain sufferers. Most of the template from today’s discussion comes from the research paper Back to Basics: 10 facts every […]

Optimizing S&C into your week with Trang Nguyen

Trang Nguyen is a Physiotherapist, Strength & Conditioning coach and host of the Athlete’s Garage podcast. Trang has a particular interest working with endurance athletes at the end-stage of rehab. So today, we dive into ways you can implement or tweak your S&C sessions for optimization. Firstly, we discuss what a typical gym week would […]

What is a healthy running weight? with Megan Flanagan

Megan Flanagan is a former collegiate runner. She has a bachelor in nutrition, background in psychology, a personal trainer, running coach, ultra and trail runner and the host of Strong Runner Chicks podcast. With a special interest in body image, eating disorders, nutrition and healthy running weight. Therefore, I invite Megan onto the podcast to […]

What Brodie has learnt from: Plantar Fasciitis

Throughout this new weekly series, Brodie talks about his personal experiences with particular injuries and shares the lessons he has learnt along the way, so you will gain insight into injury management & prevention. Today, Brodie talks about his experience with Plantar Fasciitis. This is an extremely common condition in runners and non-runners alike. The […]

What Brodie has learnt from: Patellofemoral Pain

Throughout this new weekly series, Brodie talks about his personal experiences with particular injuries and shares the lessons he has learnt along the way, so you will gain insight into injury management & prevention. This episode Brodie talks about his battle with patellofemoral pain. Firstly, we explore that runners simply cannot hide behind double leg […]

What Brodie has learnt from: Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy

Throughout this new weekly series, Brodie talks about his personal experiences with particular injuries and shares the lessons he has learnt along the way, so you will gain insight into injury management & prevention. This episode Brodie talks about this transition from marathon running into sprint triathlons which resulted in a proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Brodie […]

Is exercise addiction detrimental to your running? with Heather Hausenblas

Dr. Heather Hausenblas PhD, is a physical activity & exercise addiction expert, researcher, and author. Also, she is a co-author of 5 scientific books, and has published over 100 scientific journal articles.  So, today we discuss the fascinating topic of exercise addiction. Here are the topics: Firstly, the difference between exercise addiction and exercise committed. […]

What Brodie has learnt from: Patellar Tendinopathy

Throughout this new weekly series, Brodie talks about his personal experiences with particular injuries and shares the lessons he has learnt along the way. You will gain insight into injury management & prevention. This episode dives into patellar tendinopathy. Here are some of the topics: How does a patellar tendinopathy usually behave? What are the […]

The Good & Bad (mostly bad) of Massage Therapy with Alice Sanvito

Alice Sanvito is a massage therapist trained in trigger point massage, remedial and sports massage. After several years practicing & lecturing the concepts she learnt she began challenging her own beliefs and following the science. Today we cover several topics around massage therapy and what you can do as a runner to take full advantage […]