The Runners Zone

Thanksgiving Deals

Chris's Clinical Essentials Online Course - Learn more HERE
Nathan's Online Bone Stress Injury Course - Learn more HERE
Nathan's Stress Fracture Protocols - Learn more HERE

Timestamps

0:00 Happy Thanksgiving!
3:00 Running a practice around the holidays
11:55 Setting strength standards for distance runners
14:54 Upper body expectations
20:00 Lower body benchmarks
32:00 Loaded carry goals
38:54 Plyometrics
48:00 Do you need tech to assess strength?

Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

In this episode, Chris and I break down why sometimes we tell runners to work through pain with a bone stress injury. 

Research from this episode 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33962529/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28343329/
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/2/78

Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

In this episode, Nathan sat down with Meghann Featherstun. 

Meghann is a registered dietitian and owner of Featherstone Nutrition focusing on endurance athletes. In today's episode she discusses her history as an athlete and clinician and covers common mistakes endurance athletes make regarding nutrition. If you work with runners, you'll find the episode valuable. 

To learn more about Meghann, visit her website HERE. 

You can also check out her Instagram HERE.

Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

In this episode, Nathan discusses primary care for endurance athletes with Dr. Laurel Short. 

Dr. Laurel Short is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Sunflower Medical. She earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Luther College and a master's degree in Nursing from the University of Kansas. She completed her Doctor of Nursing degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis on self-management for chronic migraine. 

Prior to joining Sunflower Medical Group, Laurel worked in the area of physical medicine and rehabilitation for ten years. 

She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Medicine. Laurel is an active leader with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals.  Outside of the office, you will find her training for triathlon events, traveling, and chasing after her two young children.

Dr. Short's IG - 
https://www.instagram.com/laurelshort/

Dr. Short's Headache Resource-
https://yourmigrainetoolkit.com/

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

To learn more about Nathan's new 5-week virtual cohort, click below
​Hybrid: A Clinician's Course to Strength Training for Runners.   

To learn more about Bones, Tendons, Weights, & Whistles in New York City,
click HERE. 

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

To learn more about Nathan's new 5-week virtual cohort, click below
​Hybrid: A Clinician's Course to Strength Training for Runners.   

To learn more about Bones, Tendons, Weights, & Whistles in New York City,
click HERE. 

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

Join Chris and Nathan for Bones Tendons Weights & Whistles @ Motion PT in New York City on October 4-5. 

To learn more click HERE. 

Episode Timestamps

2:00 "Put more tools in your toolbox" is a bad message
6:00 Red flags in a con ed course or instructor
7:40 You only have so much time for a test
8:00 More is not always better
11:00 The best tests for a "difficult" patient
13:30 PT isn't all about talking to someone
18:00 You can only change so much about your treatment strategy
20:30 Clinical reasoning and the table torsion test
21:00 Gaps in BSI literature and working with actual runners
23:00 The primary clinical tools you need
30:00 Taking away runner's pain is seductive

Thanks for tuning into The Runners Zone Podcast. 

Chris and I would love it if you gave us a review as those really help us continue to produce episodes.

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

Join Chris and Nathan for Bones Tendons Weights & Whistles @ Motion PT in New York City on October 4-5. 
To learn more click HERE. 

Episode Timestamps

2:00 When PTs and doctors clash
9:10 How to do well by patients
10:30 Disagreeing on when a patient can run
14:00 Patients need a unified providers 
17:30 A challenging navicular BSI
22:00 The need to have imaging that matches a pain presentation
27:00 Doctors, PTs, & researchers have different viewpoints
34:00 Don't overstep your role

Thanks for tuning into The Runners Zone Podcast. 

Chris and I would love it if you gave us a review as those really help us continue to produce episodes.

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

Thanks for tuning into The Runners Zone Podcast.  
 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global online community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. 

For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

Episode Timestamps

1:00 PTs should have a nationwide license
6:20 How much running is too much article
10:40 Principles for progressing a runner's training load
19:00 Life loads versus training loads
23:45 Tissue specific training considerations
31:00 When training isn't working anymore

Studies from this episode - 
How much running is too much? 
Bone stress injuries

Thanks for tuning into The Runners Zone Podcast. 
Chris and I would love it if you gave us a review as those really help us continue to produce episodes.

The Runners Zone 
Want to work with runners and build a thriving business around it?

The Runner's Zone is an upbeat, global community of clinicians, coaches, and trainers who love working with endurance athletes. For over 10 years, we've helped passionate professionals fast-track their skills, grow their confidence, and build beautiful, word-of-mouth businesses that runners rave about.

Join us if you're ready to level up—and have fun doing it.
Use code "rzpod" for 10% off the annual membership.

To learn more click HERE.

Episode Timestamps

1:00 An update on the podcast
9:15 Current reading recommendations
11:30 Empathy without accountability is a slippery slope
16:45 The importance of communication in business
17:45 The need for delayed gratification
22:30 The need to share your ideas (not other people's)
29:00 Why you need to write a newsletter
35:00 The need to edit roles out of your life
40:00 Think more about your follow up emails