FPF Podcast Episode 31: Diagnosing and Treating Running Injuries with Chris Johnson – Part 1

Join us today as I interview physical therapist and running specialist Chris Johnson. Topics discussed are:

• [4:14] Chris’s unique background as a physical therapist and athlete
• [7:30] How promoting longevity in fitness through smarter training is vital
• [9:24] One of the most critical mistakes runners make with training
• [10:05] 90% of runners run at 90% intensity, 90% of the time and 90% get injured – whoa
• [13:30] Chris’s current patient caseload and how he integrated running performance into his physical therapy practice
• [16:20] What are the most common injuries seen in the running population?
• [17:15] The importance of a thorough subjective during your initial evaluation
• [17:48] Chris’s assessment of an injured runner
• [18:34] Staging and typing an injury – Where am I in the stages of rehab?
• [19:14] The importance of single leg balance
• [19:57] Progression through the 1st ray and great toe
• [20:30] Eccentric closed chain tolerance – The step-down test
• [20:50] What’s frontal plane stability look like?
• [21:02] Can the patient properly hop?
• [22:00] We are returning runners to running too quickly after injury
• [22:44] How Chris progresses his runners back to running after injury
• [24:10] Teaching runners decision making while running – when to push and when to stop immediately
• [26:10] Chris’s favorite drills and progressions to enhance single leg stance

• [29:48] How Chris teaches progression through the 1st ray

• [32:52] Should we teach the short foot and can we actually teach a short foot?
• [33:53] How to cue people most effectively
• [35:18] How do we integrate more dynamic foot stability into our therapy once our patients have mastered static exercises (Single leg stance)
• [37:20] Chris’s favorite closed chain eccentric exercises – The importance of weightlifting for runners. The runner’s “core four”

• [39:17] How Chris checks frontal plane stability and then treats it – Single leg balance and hip abduction

• [41:55] What does a typical running biomechanical analysis look like for …read more
  
  

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