When I share that I am a runner, I am sometimes met with worried looks and “aren’t you worried about your knees?” Similarly, I have heard clients say things along the lines of “I know at my age I probably need to stop running to protect my knees,” or “I used to run a lot in my 20s but I wore my knees out,” or “I’d like to get back to running but I don’t want to destroy my knees.” Many people hold the belief that our knees have a set lifespan, and that running shortens the warranty on knee...

When an injury prevents a runner from doing the thing they love, running, it's natural to want to get back to training as soon as possible. That first clearance from the doctor to start a return to run program feels like the best green light ever! But sometimes there is a discrepancy between injury healing timeline (ie number of weeks post operation or post fracture) and the body's readiness. While the affected tissue may be healed, the body might not be ready or strong enough to handle the...

One day I was walking with my brother and was fed up with hearing the sound of his feet dragging and shuffling along like someone who had foot drop. "Can you pick up your feet??" I asked. "Try walking heel - toe." And that is when I found out my own brother (sorry to throw you under the bus, Jonathan) had fallen victim to the anti-heel strike misinformation. He told me that in high school, a coach had told him that heel striking was bad and not only had he applied that to running, but walking...