External Loading of Common Training Drills

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.

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.

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.

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.