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Running Injury Prevention

Foot and Ankle Injuries in Ultra Runners

Grace Parry / April 20, 2024

Foot and Ankle Injuries in Ultra Runners

A study found that 71% of ultramarathon runners reported foot or ankle injuries in the previous 12 months, with plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis being …

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Top 3 Running Technique Drills

Grace Parry / April 14, 2024

Top 3 Running Technique Drills

In this episode, Matthew Boyd discusses three common running technique errors: low cadence, overstriding, and knock knee running. He provides drills to address …

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From Knee Pain Down Stairs to Half Marathon Training Bridget's Story

Matthew Boyd / December 4, 2023

From Knee Pain Down Stairs to Half Marathon Training | Bridget’s Story

Summary In this episode, Matthew Boyd interviews Bridget Bohannon, a runner who experienced knee pain and sought solutions to get back to running. Bridget …

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Off-Season Training to Avoid Running Injuries with Gab Lesnett, Physical Therapist

Matthew Boyd / December 4, 2023

Off-Season Training to Avoid Running Injuries | with Gab Lesnett, Physical Therapist

Off-Season Training to Avoid Running Injuries In this episode, Matthew Boyd and Gab Lesnett discuss off-season training for runners. They address the …

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Physical Therapy not Working for Running Injury

Matthew Boyd / December 2, 2023

Running is the Rehab

Bridget struggled with persistent knee pain despite months of physical therapy. Diagnosed with IT band pain and Runner's knee, she faced a gap in traditional …

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Barefoot Running A Podiatric Surgeon’s Story with Dr. Stephen Dini

Matthew Boyd / November 28, 2023

Barefoot Running: A Podiatric Surgeon’s Story | with Dr. Stephen Dini

When Born to Run came out in 2009 it took the running world by storm. It challenged long-held beliefs about running shoes and launched an army of barefoot …

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How to Avoid The Black Hole of Zone 3

Matthew Boyd / November 21, 2023

How to Avoid The Black Hole of Zone 3

What is The Black Hole of Zone 3 and why do you need to avoid it? Bill had been stuck in a rut with his training. In the last few years, he’d found it harder …

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Keep Running as You Age

Matthew Boyd / November 15, 2023

Keep Running as You Age: Macro-Consistency

Keep Running as You Age Adam was creeping up on his 50th birthday and was thinking about his future. He wanted to remain fit, strong and healthy into this …

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Matthew Boyd / October 31, 2023

How do I get my speed back after an injury? | with Brodie Sharpe, Physiotherapist

I was recently invited on Brodie Sharpe's ⁠Run Smarter Podcast⁠ to chat about returning to speed and hill training after injury. We took a deep dive into …

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Do I Need to Stretch Before I Run

Matthew Boyd / October 10, 2023

Do I Need to Stretch Before I Run?

"Do I Need to Stretch Before I Run?" Well, the short answer is no. But it really depends on why you think you need to stretch. I get this question from …

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Why Do Runners Get So Upset When They Can’t Run

Matthew Boyd / September 25, 2023

Why Do Runners Get So Upset When They Can’t Run?

It's a playful joke in the Physio world that if you're going to have a client cry in an appointment they either have something seriously wrong with them, or …

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How Do I Stop My Knees From Hurting When I Run

Matthew Boyd / September 23, 2023

How Do I Stop My Knees From Hurting When I Run?

Jenn works full-time and then some as a managing director at a media agency in New York. She’s also a devoted mother to a little boy and a girl. She’d been …

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Fix Heel Pain with Running

Matthew Boyd / September 19, 2023

How to Fix Heel Pain with Running

So you have heel pain and you can’t run at all. You head over to your doctor who sends you to Physical Therapy. They do some manual therapy, maybe some …

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Why Runners Quit

Matthew Boyd / September 11, 2023

Why Do Runners Quit?

Two Reasons.  Today we’re going to discuss what they are and how to avoid them but first… Who cares why runners quit? As a Physio, I’ve been helping …

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My Epic Battle with DadBod (1)

Matthew Boyd / September 5, 2023

My Epic Battle with DadBod

At the start of this year I was getting fat and weak. My entire adult life, I hovered around 170 pounds. I never bothered to weigh myself because it was always …

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Do You Actually Enjoy Running Podcast Cover

Matthew Boyd / August 22, 2023

Do You Actually Enjoy Running?

Do You Actually Enjoy Running? Have you even thought about it? When I met Chris at the start of the year, he certainly wasn’t. Chris dreamed of running …

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Fear & Pain Is There a Difference

Matthew Boyd / August 15, 2023

Fear & Pain: Is There a Difference?

What’s the difference between fear and pain? Well, not as much as you might think. Denis enjoyed running but his first love was crossfit. He would go to …

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How Do I Avoid Re-Injury

Matthew Boyd / August 8, 2023

How do I avoid Re-injury?

The strongest predictor of running injuries is previous injury. If you've had plantar fasciitis, you are far more likely to have plantar fasciitis again than …

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How to Heal Achilles Tendonitis

Matthew Boyd / August 1, 2023

How to Heal Achilles Tendonitis

Mike hadn't run for 9 months due to his Achilles pain. He was trying to train for his first marathon, but he couldn't even run around the block.  He'd …

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How to get a Marathon PR

Matthew Boyd / May 15, 2023

How to Get a Marathon PR | With Jason Fitzgerald, Running Coach

Have you hit a plateau in your running? Are you wondering how to get a marathon PR? Well, you're in luck. Today we're going to chat with the one and only Jason …

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I am a Registered Physiotherapist within the province of Alberta, Canada only.

Any online consultations with individuals located outside of Alberta will be in my capacity as a Certified Running Coach. I do not provide Physiotherapy or injury rehabilitation services to anyone located outside of Alberta, Canada.

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