Runchatlive Podcast

RCL Ep41: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - What Should We Be Doing? Adam Meakins & Mike James join us for an impromptu but given the current climate necessary conversation about Coronavirus (COVID-19), to discuss what clinicians/patients/people should/could be doing with regards to minimising the impact & spread. Many thanks to everyone who joined us live at such short notice! 👍🏻 #communication #educati...

Ep40: Tom Goom - 2002-2020 Changes In Running Injury Prevention Tom Goom a.k.a. 'The Running Physio' is a physiotherapist based in Brighton, working out of the Physio Rooms. His 'Running Repairs Course' is internationally acclaimed, and he has now organised a 'Running Rehab, from Pain to Performance’ conference this April 24th in London, with speakers Alex Hutchinson, Ian Griffiths, Claire Minshul...

Ep39: Alex Hutchinson - Pushing The Limits of Human Performance. Alex Hutchinson is one of the world's most highly respected authorities on the subject of endurance sports. With a PhD in Physics from Cambridge and a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia, his articles in Runner’s World, Outside Magazine, The Globe & Mail, are internationally acclaimed. His 2011 book 'Which Comes First, Cardio or Wei...

Ep.38 of RunChatLive brings you Dr. Kevin Maggs of Running Reform, a highly respected specialist in running injuries and running biomechanics. Director of the USA division of The Running Clinic, Dr. Maggs is dedicated to the clinical diagnosis and management of running injuries. He has worked with many amateur runners as well as the elite athletes in Armed Forces Marathon, professional triathletes...

#Ep.37: Matt Fitzgerald - Life Is A Marathon Season two of Runchatlive brings you hugely respected endurance runner, sports journalist & best selling author: Matt Fitzgerald. *APOLOGIES in advance for sound issues during the recording. All will be fine for the next episode! 🙄* Many runners will already be familiar with Matt Fitzgerald's articles online & in magazines, plus his best selling books...

#Ep.36: Analysis of RCL Conference with Mike James In what is in fact the final episode of Season One of Runchatlive Podcast, I am joined by  Mike James 'The Endurance Physio' as we dissect the recent 'RCL International Running Conference' that took place earlier this week in Brighton (UK). We look at each of the 10 fantastic speakers, their 10 presentations, the two Q&A sessions, and ask the all...

#Ep.35: Gait Analysis with Jess Bruce and Trevor Prior In this Gait Analysis Special with legendary podiatrist Trevor Prior and run3D founder Dr. Jessica Leitch (Bruce), we discuss the role of Gait Analysis in treating musculoskeletal overuse injuries. How much of what a runner expects from Gait Analysis can actually be delivered? To what extent does ever advancing technology help runners minimise...

In Ep.34 of Runchatlive, we are honoured to be joined by Dr. Derek Griffin, a hugely important player in the dissemination of evidence based practice.  Dr. Griffin discusses ways in which the assessment of runners has had to evolve in order to encompass developments in our understanding of pain. Along with his expertise in the management of patients with complex chronic pain disorders and a PhD in...

#Ep.33: 'Role Of Research In Evidence Based Practice' with Dr. Izzy Moore If you follow running related research, chances are you are already very aware of the work of our special guest. As a hugely respected researcher of Running Biomechanics & Injury with multiple published papers, we are thrilled to bring you an hour with Dr Moore, who talks with us about the role of research in evidence based...

Special guest Nils Oudhuis, creator of awesome education website TrustMe-Ed and Facebook Group Trust me, I'm a Physiotherapist talks to us about his experiences training to become a Physiotherapist, and how the obstacles he discovered caused him to set up his Facebook Group and eventually the website. The conversation focuses on the variety of CPD (Continued Professional Development) choices out t...

"Finding The Right Therapist" - with Mike James (a.k.a. The Endurance Physio) and Malcolm Sloan (founder of Sports Injury Fix). The frustration of running injury is often doubled by seeing your hard earned dosh💰disappearing on therapy sessions. Finding a therapist who CAN help you is sadly not as easy as it sounds... and we all know treatment & advice can vary considerably depending on who you se...

Jeff Gaudette, founder & head coach at Runners Connect, talks to us about how to train seriously for the 5k distance, something that a lot of runners fail to do either by choice (attracted more by the lights of a half or full marathon) or by making common mistakes. As a writer for the website I am obviously biased but if you have not done so already I seriosuly recommend you head over to www.runne...

In this 'Brighton Beard Company Special', we take some time away from running injury & performance to chat with Lloyd Kite, co-founder of our lovely sponsors ' The Brighton Beard Company '. We should WARN you that to enjoy this episode you will therefore need to fit into one of the following categories: • Have a beard / moustache • Want a beard / moustache • Be interested in beards / moustaches Ll...

#Ep.29: "Tips For The Older Runner" with Dr Rich Willy This is a HUGELY valuable episode for any 40+yrs old runner, plus anyone who works with runners of this age! Many runners know all to well that hitting 40+ years brings changes; pace decreases, recovery takes longer, injury patterns change. The good news is there ARE specific things we can do to minimise the effects of age, plus some of the th...

#Ep.28: "Strength Training For Runners" with Jason Fitzgerald Jason Fitzgerald finished the 2008 New York Marathon in 2:44 but with a severe ITB injury. Unable to run for six months, Jason put his time into investigating ways to not just recover but also reduce risk of future injury. It seems he found it... From 2009, Jason was able to run more than ever, achieving a 5+ minute PB at the Philadelph...

#Ep.27: "So Pain Is All In My Head?" with Greg Lehman  - Many runners are starting to hear/read more frequently that although a particular pain FEELS like it's coming from e.g. the knee, it's actually being outputted by the brain & nervous system. An explanation of the significance of this distinction typically follows, but by then all the average runner is thinking is "So you're saying this pain...

#Ep.26: 'Assessment Of Runners' with Chris Johnson Chris Johnson is a physical therapist, certified triathlon coach, multiple time Kona qualifier and owner of Zeren PT & Performance . Known by many for his unique style of video presentation of exercises for runners, Chris provides a huge amount of quality, evidence based information for both clinicians & runners. His Facebook group ' The Runners Z...

#Ep.25: "The Future of Running Shoes" with Simon Bartold. Anyone who follows running footwear research will already be very familiar with legendary podiatrist Simon Bartold of Bartold Clinical: 30 years experience of working with elite athletes including four Olympic Games, lectures in 42 countries, worked with Asics for 20 years, recently head hunted by global footwear company Salomon to head up...

#Ep.24: "All novice runners should consider minimalist shoes" - says JF Esculier, Vice President & Director of Research & Development at The Running Clinic Vancouver, and our special guest for this episode! In 2009, 'Born To Run' by Christopher MacDougall sparked an explosion in barefoot running, fuelled in no small part by the research of Professor Daniel Lieberman producing anatomical evidence t...

#Ep23: My guest on this episode was meant to be Dr Derek Griffin but sadly technical difficulties prevented this (we will be rescheduling). But fear not, from its ashes an impromptu Q&A was born... Faced with listeners who had tuned in for the LIVE recording of this podcast on our Facebook Page , this episode became an on the spot Q&A with host Matt Phillips, aka Me. According to feedback so far,...

#Ep22: Talk is cheap, actions count - this episode's special guest has mastered both. As a physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal & sports medicine and co-founder of the innovative Chews Health network, Jack Chew is probably best known as the voice behind the mic for his online educational platform ‘ The Physio Matters Podcast ’. With his core team, Jack has become a huge driving force be...

#Ep21: Athletic Amenorrhoea is a condition caused by overtraining in which menstruation becomes irregular or totally ceases. Many female athletes either regard it as a normal part of becoming the best or suffer in silence due to it still being regarded as a taboo subject.   In 2016, our special guest Tina Muir (founder and host of podcast Running for Real ) was a professional runner and Olympic ho...

#Ep20: Lisa Shabbas, a plant based athlete & ultrarunner, talks to us about the Wim Hof Method and her use of it in preparation for the UltraMirage100k she will be running in Tunisia this coming September. For those of you unaware of Wim Hof, he is a Dutch-born world record holder who under scientific study has shown he can 'turn his own thermostat up' and consciously activate his sympathetic nerv...

#Ep19: To what extent can we effectively 'screen' runners to identify movement patterns linked with a higher risk of injury? We chat to Chris Kitson, joint founder of The Movement Hub , a personal training & manual therapy centre in the North of England. * * * APOLOGIES FOR THE LOW SOUND QUALITY - technical issues at Chris' end that we couldn't fix in time. * * * As a competitive triathlete himsel...

#Ep18: Our guest Amir Ben Gacem is the founder & race director of ULTRA MIRAGE EL DJERID 100K, the ultra trail that everyone is talking about, especially after we spoke with the 2018 female champion Elisabet Barnes in Episode 15 . Amir talks to us about why he founded the race, what makes it so special, AND gives some excellent insider tips on how to prepare for it. He also shares news of incredib...