Biomechanics, Durability, Gait Analysis & Injury Prevention for Runners Ep 139

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All right, welcome back to the Find Your Edge podcast.
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I am your host, Coach Chris Newport, and I am so excited to nerd out with Dr.
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Rip Pittman, who is a local physical therapist.
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And we're going to talk all the things.
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So welcome to the show, Rick.
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I'm excited to talk about durability, biomechanics, run gate analysis, all in like no time at all, right?
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Yes, we'll just cover all those topics.
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We'll cover years of content in 30 minutes, weekends.
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Years of education and experience, just all in this little topic.
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Yeah, we'll try and put it into something digestible here.
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So that's good.
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Yes.
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So, Rick, give us a little bit of your background.
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How did you get into this wonderfully fantastic, nerdy spot of yours?
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So I'm a physical therapist by trade, but I was studying human movement long before that.
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So I've got over 15 years of experience kind of doing biomechanics-based stuff.
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Um I had a few years under my belt before I went to PT school.
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Uh I'm a West Coaster, grew up in Pacific Northwest, did all of my schooling out in Oregon, had great access to the labs out at Nike and Beaverton, and then of course the exercise science labs at a small school called Pacific University.
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Um, and got to play with a lot of tools.
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So it's neat to see how they've, those wearables have evolved.
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Um, I was on the ground, like first looking at those triaxial accelerometers and the wrist-worn stuff, and we were throwing them on firefighters and figured out how they work and how to get those algorithms to actually give us information on movement and how to measure activity from all this noise.
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So published some stuff uh as an undergrad doing that work.
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And then when I went to graduate school, I realized hey, this technology is vastly underutilized on the clinical side, um, on the PT side, because we can actually measure some of this stuff that we're maybe using, you know, less objective tools to make decisions.
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So it was nice to wear that hat and going into PT school and getting a doctorate degree because I was always asking those questions all the way through and on my clinical rotations, how can we measure this stuff better?
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How can we measure this stuff better?
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So uh once I graduated and got a few years under my belt running a couple of different practices, uh, one with the teen physician for the Oakland Athletics, one with a multidisciplinary group out in San Francisco.
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Uh 2018, I decided to go out on my own and say, hey, we're gonna have a practice that really focuses on the diagnostics and the measurement part of the problem and let that drive a lot of the clinical decision making.
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So a very kind of different way to think about how to manage injuries.
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Did that out in California for about six, seven years.
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And then my wife and I moved back or moved out here.
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She moved back to the East Coast.
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We came here to North Carolina um December of 2024.
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Uh, had a chance to work inside of a couple other practices, getting my feet wet around here and getting a sense of the land, and am opening up a practice here uh in a month.
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So we're we're getting up and getting geared up for grand opening.
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And I've brought all my lab equipment and I've brought all my fun stuff, and I'm here to start implementing that stuff to see how we can start making changes.
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So that's the that's the long and short of it.
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Yeah, no, that was great.
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I have a feeling that all of our listeners who are self-proclaimed data junkies, generally speaking, and data nerds, they're going to uh be pretty excited by all the cool stuff that you have.
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Yeah, there I I love working with that type because I can spit tons of stuff at you.
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You know, I I think it's my job to actually narrow it down and bring to you what's relevant.
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But for those that get really into it, I'm like, sure, we can we can pull back layers of info and we can really dig in and decide what's useful.
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So love the questions, love the inquisitive people that really want to learn more.
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Yeah, cool.
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So when somebody comes to work with you, are they generally injured or are they like, no, I just want to move better, move smarter for whatever my sport is?
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Or that is it maybe a combination of both?
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Yeah, I see both.
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If somebody like I where do you draw the line between, you know, performance and rehabilitation kind of deal?
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Um, I see both.
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People that either want injury pre-screenings to see how I can move better to make sure that I don't come up with a problem later.
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And then, of course, you know, I'm a physical therapist.
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So if somebody gets referred for knee pain or they're a calling because they have, you know, some sort of pain or problem, then we're of course we're going to look at it from that angle.
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And a lot of times those people will graduate into some sort of performance plan to kind of a on the longevity piece.
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So I do see both.
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Um, I would love to see more of the population before they get hurt because I think there's a lot of opportunity to screen for some of these things and catch them before they become a problem so that we don't have to rehab it.
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We can screen and see problems beforehand and say, hey, maybe if we get a little more durable or we do a few things um in terms of changing form or function, we can actually avoid an injury or at least reduce our risk.
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You said a very key word durable.
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Yeah.
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Humans can be durable.
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What does that tell us about that?
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Yeah.
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Um, and that can mean a lot of different things.
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But in the context of runners, you know, what is really avoiding injury?
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And most of our running injuries are overuse injuries, right?
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And I think it's very easy to fall into the trap of saying an overuse injury means I've done too much.
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Right.
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And okay, load management is important and it's good to measure some of the fatigue things that go on to make decisions about when you should load and when you shouldn't.
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But it's much more than that.
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If you don't have good running form, or you're not managing the forces that you're pushing through the ground, or you're not using the muscles that you should be using to stabilize certain joints, your joints are going to wear out faster, right?
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It's the your cartilage is like tire tread.
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You know, we we can wear it out and it's really hard to grow it back.
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This is why arthritis is an issue.
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And if we can improve our mechanics and manage the ground forces a lot better, we get a lot more mileage out of those tires, and we can delay or even prevent injury in that sense.
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So it's a different mindset, I think, when people want to look at performance and they want to look at durability.
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But I think they're kind of the same thing because if you're injured, you're not performing.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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You know, it's it's way more interesting to say, Oh, I want to come and I want to run faster, I want to have a new PR.
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Yeah.
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I think that's awesome, right?
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And those are great goals, but it's also important to keep participating.
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And as you know, because you guys coach and program, and I think that's a big part of what you guys do, like managing your health through that process so you can keep working out and keep exercising towards your goal is actually the ticket to make it performance-wise where you want to be.
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If you have this seasonal plan to get to a certain goal and you hit month three, month four, and suddenly you're out for six or eight weeks because of an injury, the whole plan is derailed.
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So I think the performance thing and the durability thing can they can be in the same avenue.
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They don't have to be separate.
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Yeah.
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I love that.
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That's cool.
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Because especially being with endurance athletes, primarily, they perhaps are under the false assumption that if you just do your endurance sport more, you will get better.
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End of story.
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So having to train them into like there is a skill of some of these various things that they're doing.
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Even like people are like, but running is running.
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I'm like, no, no, no, there's skill involved with that, albeit maybe not like a tennis, you know, like a tennis swing or something like that.
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But no, I think I think it's still relevant.
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I mean, Chris, nobody really tells you how to run when you're developing.
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No.
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Like you just run and you're you're like, I'm running, and my barometer is that my lungs aren't tired and my joints don't hurt.
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Yeah.
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I'm gonna keep running, right?
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And it's a self-selected motor pattern, a skill that you develop that you don't necessarily pay the consequences of any problems until later.
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So a hundred percent.
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Like you when you're a teenager, when you're 14, 15, like it'd be great to get younger runners in and say, you know, because we can make more changes.
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Say, how are you running?
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How are you bending through your hip and knee at initial contact?
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Are you getting to what we call triple extension, which means are you getting your knee straight and your hip extended when you're when you're propelling yourself?
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And then what strategies are you using?
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So what muscles are you using?
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If I put everybody in a in a freeze-frame position in a good spot when they're at initial contact, so when your foot first hits the ground, and I say, okay, I like your knee angle, I like your hip angle, all this stuff.
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Turns out if I take a bunch of people off the street and they're all in a similar position and I put EMG on them, so tools that measure whether or not your certain muscles are working at certain times, we're gonna see different strategies.
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So that also means that we can't just say, oh, because you're in this position, because you have this form, that you're using these exact muscles and that that's a perfect translation.
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So back to my the beginning, my obsession with measurement.
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It's like I want to link a body position to a muscle strategy, and I want them both to look good.
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Because if you have a body position problem, that's a separate issue that needs to be attacked with different tools versus, oh, I'm in a great position.
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My form is good, but I'm not necessarily using the right strategy to be in that position.
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Okay, so tell me more about that.
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Because what's coming to mind for me is um form is not everything.
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Like I'm thinking of some Olympic athletes who don't fit the mold in terms of let's call it a perfect run form or a perfect swim form or a perfect cycling form, but they're still really good.
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Yeah.
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So yeah, I think this all makes sense.
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I I have a lot to say there, so cut me off if I keep rolling, but no, no, no, come on.
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I'll rack it up just a little bit and then I'll come right back up to your question.
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So I love the concept that not there's not one running form, right?
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There isn't.
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People have different measurements, they have different body proportions.
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Some people have long fingers, some people are have long tibia, some people have a long torso, long legs.
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That those are all considerations.
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And if we take good performers and we look at their form and they don't have any problems and we try and change that, we could introduce issues, right?
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So sometimes less is more.
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It is about understanding your movement profile.
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So, why do I want to screen people when they're not injured and when they're healthy more often?
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I would love to get a sense of how you move and what your movement behavior is and what works for you.
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Sure, if we see things that fall outside of certain parameters, they can throw yellow and red flags for us and they're things that we can try and address.
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But it would be great if knowing when things are going well, how you're moving, and have that as a baseline to compare against in case anything ever does happen, because then we can get you back to the healthy state.
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So, to your question of form isn't the whole picture, I think it's a big part of the picture, but we have to put if the form is even good or bad in context based on your own movement profile and how you're moving.
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Golfers actually understand this better than runners because they mess with their golf swing all the time, right?
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And they know, well, if I change my golf swing, my performance is gonna go down.
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It needs to be for good reason.
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Same concept for runners.
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Interesting.
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Um, and I know we were talking beforehand, and it what is coming up for me is speed of running.
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For example, I had a gentleman in the lab this morning who's a track and field athlete and a cross-country runner, very different than an Iron Man athlete or a marathon runner, and his skill was falling apart at some of those higher speeds.
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That's something that can be learned.
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And then I was thinking, how many folks do we have where their skill falls apart when they have to run easy, which is a lot of freaking steps.
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Yes, yes.
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And those are those are totally different profiles and problems that you allude to, and like back to profiling how you move.
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We learn a lot about that first example.
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If we speed things up and form falls apart, that's a different issue.
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And versus, oh, if we slow things down, your form tends to get a little bit worse.
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Which by the way, you can tell me if it's in your experience, Chris, but that's more common.
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Yeah.
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I I see if we speed up, usually your form gets better and then your cardiovascular system will tap you out.
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And sometimes I even do that as a training intervention to say, hey, we don't have good loading response or we're not shock absorbing well.
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Let's learn how to do that by taking you like 10 or 15% above maybe what's comfortable, and let's see, you know, what happens.
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Obviously, safe and controlled environment, but we do that and see, and sometimes you get better, right?
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And then your lungs get tired, and that's fine because now it's now it's training.
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Yeah.
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So now different issue.
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Yes, exactly.
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And so that back to the whole methods and the diagnosis heavy stuff.
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You can't really treat and intervene unless you know what the problem is, right?
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Yeah.
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So if I had any of those examples that we've talked about, walk into your office, how do you work with them?
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Like, do you put them through a certain process, or is it uh case specific in terms of what cool toys that you use on them?
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How does that work?
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There is a framework and a process, which is important for repeatability, but and I'll refrain from too big a soapbox on it, but then there's also tailored care, right?
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And you need to be able to have, I think a lot of people say they have tailored care, but then it's like, what are you doing an off-the-shelf program or is it actually adjusting based on real information that's coming in?
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But if you come in with a problem, I'm obviously going to do a patient interview with you, and I'm gonna learn your background and learn your symptoms and probably do a physical exam.
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But I very simply I have a three-step process.
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It's a physical exam like you'd expect with a physical therapist.
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Like I'm running it through a movement screen, I'm doing a patient interview, I'm asking you, does this hurt?
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Does this not hurt?
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Taking basic range of motion measurements.
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Then we're doing uh strength testing, and it's not what you think in terms of normal strength testing, we're using fixed dynamometry.
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So those are plates that you basically push into, and they tell me how much force you generate.
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So we can compare left to right, and we can compare in three dimensions how strong or weak you are from left to right, and if your norms are within what you would expect for your size weight demographic.
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Can do that, and we can do strength on a velocity-based front, which is essentially how much strength are you producing as you're moving through a range of motion, and at what weight does your speed slow down so much that we're running out of steam.
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Those are different types of strength.
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Isometric strength would be how much force can I generate without moving.
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Isotonic strength or velocity-based strength would be how much strength can I move through a range of motion.
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And then the last, the third step is some sort of motion analysis that's related to your problem.
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Assuming you're coming to me with some sort of movement-related issue, right?
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So for a runner, it's pretty easy.
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It's a gate analysis and it's a it's a 3D gate analysis.
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And if you don't mind, Chris, I'll just talk for a second about the differences in gate analyses that are out there.
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Yes, because I will have to say, so when we have new athletes come in, we do a very rudimentary video of them, like on a phone, just to be like, oh yeah, you're shuffling.
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I don't know what it is.
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We've been getting a lot of shufflers lately.
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Shuffling is the thing.
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But we don't, we are not physical therapists, we don't pretend to be, but it's it's information for whomever the coach is gonna be to be programming the workouts.
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Like, you have to be doing your mobility, you have to be doing your strength, you have to like, we're taking these gaps.
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So it helps us with, like you had mentioned, load management.
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But that's a big part of what you guys do.
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That's the that's a huge part.
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It's challenging.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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But in my mind, it's it's so much more holistic than having this, like because what when we onboard new athletes, everybody does a metabolic test because I'm not messing around with load management if I don't know what your zones actually are.
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Yeah, right.
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Back to the diagnosis.
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You're you're putting somebody in like a a bucket, a useful bucket, but you're still tailoring your programs, you're not just gonna run everybody through the same thing.
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Right.
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Yes.
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So I love what it how uh I love what you do with folks of like this is very nerdy.
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And just to put that out there, that our gate analysis, I don't even know if I could call it a gate analysis, it's just a video.
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Yeah, but that's okay.
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So yeah, I just I think it's good to just know what every level is and what it can provide, right?
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Because I think a slow motion 1D video is a lot better than than just straight observation.
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Yep.
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You know, and then you jump to your 2D video base, and that's like, well, now I have two angles, that's great.
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Yeah, and then 3D, of course, I think is is obviously the best because you get to see how you're moving in all three planes.
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And it turns out what you're doing in what we call the transverse plane.
00:17:07.789 --> 00:17:10.910
So imagine a camera in the ceiling looking straight down on you.
00:17:11.150 --> 00:17:14.269
I don't use cameras, but that that's the idea is looking straight down on you.
00:17:14.430 --> 00:17:24.190
How your pelvis is moving and how you're rotating your hips vastly impact the joint forces that we have that we have to manage, right?
00:17:24.349 --> 00:17:32.990
Um, and so if you're doing a 1D or a 2D system and claiming that you're seeing 3D stuff, I think that's where I get a little bit, um, I have a little bit of struggle.
00:17:33.150 --> 00:17:37.950
And then, of course, there's different contexts based on your background and how you're using a gate analysis, right?
00:17:38.190 --> 00:17:47.069
So, you know, you might be looking at like cadence or foot strike, like are they forefoot or rear foot, you know, um, and those sorts of things when you're looking at a 1D.
00:17:47.230 --> 00:17:58.110
And I think that that can be helpful, especially from a coaching standpoint, if you're trying to train up or train down cadence or you're just looking to see if there's any sort of like you know, gross crossover where their feet are crossing over.
00:17:58.190 --> 00:18:03.149
Like that's we see a lot of people, like you were talking about transverse plane, right?
00:18:03.629 --> 00:18:05.710
So it's like what what what's happening here?
00:18:06.029 --> 00:18:14.349
So that could be that could be helpful, and then I think the important part is like it's also helpful to like take that movement profile, put it external, and show show your client.
00:18:14.990 --> 00:18:15.230
Right?
00:18:15.309 --> 00:18:19.309
It's also validation to say there, I'm not just telling you that your arms are swinging this way.
00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:21.309
Like we'd like to see it.
00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:24.349
So so it sounds like it's it's an appropriate awareness tool.
00:18:24.589 --> 00:18:30.589
Yes, but then if we're gonna really take it to the next level, yeah, or use it as a as a training tool.
00:18:30.670 --> 00:18:43.869
So I like to kind of do the whole analysis and then pull out what I think is important, and then maybe we maybe you're training with a 1D, or maybe it's like, okay, we see a problem in 1D that we captured on the 3D analysis, now it's easier to retest.
00:18:44.589 --> 00:18:45.309
Sort of deal.
00:18:45.389 --> 00:18:47.710
And that that can be that can be helpful.
00:18:47.869 --> 00:18:59.710
So you got your 1D, your 2D, then your 3D, which again, I say everybody, of course, I would say this, but I say just if you're gonna get a proper analysis, jump to your 3D, get all your info, and then we can start to pull it apart.
00:19:00.109 --> 00:19:07.789
The other thing that I think sets our gate analysis apart is not only are we doing 3D, I'm synchronizing two other signals.
00:19:07.950 --> 00:19:10.430
I've got EMG that I mentioned previously.
00:19:10.589 --> 00:19:14.349
So I know how your muscles are behaving through your gate cycle.
00:19:14.589 --> 00:19:21.789
So one thing that can be helpful when we're looking at the data is what muscles are you using and when are you using them in your gate cycle?
00:19:22.029 --> 00:19:28.829
So when you're in stance phase or when you're in swing phase, is your foot on the ground or in the air, what muscles am I using?
00:19:28.990 --> 00:19:30.670
And is that symmetrical?
00:19:30.909 --> 00:19:36.670
Because if we're really gonna oversimplify the movement aspect of running, it's shock absorption and propulsion.
00:19:37.069 --> 00:19:40.349
We're trying to run forward and we're trying not to pound the ground too hard.
00:19:40.509 --> 00:19:42.430
And our joints for that matter.
00:19:42.589 --> 00:19:42.990
Yeah, right.
00:19:43.069 --> 00:19:44.909
The joints and durability, right?
00:19:45.149 --> 00:19:45.470
Exactly.
00:19:45.549 --> 00:19:48.029
You're hitting the ground too hard and you're wearing that tire tried out.
00:19:48.430 --> 00:19:52.750
So I, you know, I want to see what are you using to propel yourself and what are you using to shock absorb.
00:19:52.829 --> 00:19:58.349
And then we can start to say, okay, this is a propulsion issue, or it's a shock absorption issue, we can start to start to attack it.
00:19:58.509 --> 00:20:03.470
So that's what uh synchronizing the the EMG really helps with is the muscle strategy side.
00:20:03.710 --> 00:20:11.309
And then lately, this has been in the last year, I've started using pressure insoles, which have actually been a game changer.
00:20:11.549 --> 00:20:14.909
So I don't know, you you guys know what butterfly graphs are?
00:20:15.149 --> 00:20:18.269
When you're well so I think, yeah.
00:20:18.430 --> 00:20:19.869
Yeah, I I wish I had a picture already.
00:20:19.950 --> 00:20:20.990
I could flash it up for you guys.
00:20:21.069 --> 00:20:27.149
Yeah, you can so a heat map essentially like for pressure will tell you where you're putting a lot of pressure on something, right?
00:20:27.389 --> 00:20:29.950
I know that I've heard that they use this in ski boots.
00:20:30.190 --> 00:20:31.710
Yep, you can use them in ski boots.
00:20:31.789 --> 00:20:34.829
And I got a project going on right now where I'm using it in with cutting athletes.
00:20:34.909 --> 00:20:36.589
So 90 degree cuts, what happens?
00:20:36.750 --> 00:20:37.950
How are we pushing through our feet?
00:20:38.109 --> 00:20:40.349
And syncing them up with the force plates I got in here.
00:20:40.509 --> 00:20:43.069
But with the runner, we can do what's called a butterfly map.
00:20:43.149 --> 00:20:50.430
So we can look at your pressure profile in both your feet and how you're transferring pressure from right to left.
00:20:50.509 --> 00:20:52.269
So you can imagine, put my hands in front of here.
00:20:52.349 --> 00:21:07.629
If I have two feet and I have a different pressure map on one side versus the other, there's gonna be a a visualization that happens as we transfer our weight from four foot to rear foot, four foot to rear foot on each foot, and we should see a nice figure eight or a nice butterfly.
00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:16.750
And if we start to see it fray, especially as we change speeds or as I let the clock run for a while, you know, we can start to see, hey, how is this falling apart?
00:21:16.909 --> 00:21:18.190
Or what what's happening?
00:21:18.349 --> 00:21:19.629
Is it a fatigue problem?
00:21:19.789 --> 00:21:23.869
Do our strategies start to fall apart when we run, you know, for a certain amount of time.
00:21:24.029 --> 00:21:31.309
Maybe you're fine if we run in the first couple of minutes, but you know, we get 20, 30 minutes out, you think you're fine, your lungs are okay, right?
00:21:31.389 --> 00:21:37.710
It's not a lung issue, but suddenly your pressure mapping starts to fall apart, your neuromuscular strategy, your EMG data changes.
00:21:37.789 --> 00:21:39.710
Suddenly I'm not bending enough through my knee.
00:21:39.950 --> 00:21:44.109
You know, those things happen before you start to experience pain and problems.
00:21:44.349 --> 00:21:47.549
So, in other words, your point is it's not always cardiorespiratory.
00:21:47.869 --> 00:21:50.670
No, it's it's biomechanics.
00:21:51.069 --> 00:21:51.869
Great, great.
00:21:52.029 --> 00:21:56.509
I'm glad you brought that up because I think that's back to the we're not really taught how to run.
00:21:56.750 --> 00:22:00.269
I think the thing we train ourselves to do is say, well, I run until I'm tired.
00:22:00.509 --> 00:22:05.309
So we're you we're used to the concept of my lungs are slowing me down, that's when I'm done running.
00:22:05.389 --> 00:22:05.549
Yeah.
00:22:05.789 --> 00:22:15.069
It's a different mindset to say, hey, my knee's starting to get stiff, or I'm starting to not bend as much or shock absorb as well, and that's when I'm starting to get tired.
00:22:15.230 --> 00:22:16.589
Not a lung problem.
00:22:16.990 --> 00:22:23.549
Maybe it's a quadriceps problem, maybe it's a calf issue, maybe it's a hip extension issue, you know, something.
00:22:23.629 --> 00:22:27.710
So yeah, back to the back to the biomechanics, but also neuromuscular profile.
00:22:27.869 --> 00:22:30.430
Um, so I like when I'm testing, I like to find the limiter.
00:22:30.509 --> 00:22:32.829
I like to find the thing that's holding us back.
00:22:32.990 --> 00:22:44.509
So on the performance side, if you're coming in without pain and you say, I want to be a better runner and I want to prevent or or mitigate risk of injury, let's just take it to your limit and see what the what the low hanging fruit is.
00:22:44.589 --> 00:22:47.230
And we'll find what that is, and then we'll create a plan around that.
00:22:47.470 --> 00:22:48.109
Yeah.
00:22:48.430 --> 00:22:48.670
Okay.
00:22:48.829 --> 00:22:50.670
So you're gonna have to give an example of this.
00:22:50.750 --> 00:22:57.950
Like, are we almost trying to, when you're saying what what's the limiter, is it that something Starts to fall apart?
00:22:58.109 --> 00:22:59.710
Is it that something starts to hurt?
00:22:59.869 --> 00:23:01.789
Like what are you looking for in that?
00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:05.470
And then how can you back it out and say, this is what we need to like?
00:23:05.629 --> 00:23:07.309
Basically developing a care plan.
00:23:07.629 --> 00:23:07.950
Yeah.
00:23:08.670 --> 00:23:10.750
I'll back it up again and then I'll come to your question.
00:23:10.909 --> 00:23:16.909
So our our formula, if we have one, is a build, perform, recover formula.
00:23:17.069 --> 00:23:21.629
And it doesn't really matter where you're coming in, but we're gonna tailor the plan to the problem.
00:23:21.869 --> 00:23:28.909
So if you have a weakness, which back to the initial process we measured through strength testing, you need a build plan, right?
00:23:29.069 --> 00:23:30.990
I think runners should weightlift a lot.
00:23:31.069 --> 00:23:38.430
I don't know where it ever became popular that, you know, oh, I'm gonna bulk up if I if I weightlift and if I run, I'm, you know, I'm running.
00:23:40.430 --> 00:23:41.069
Yeah, exactly.
00:23:41.230 --> 00:23:43.629
It's precisely so strength training support, and let's just say that.
00:23:43.710 --> 00:23:45.230
That'll be the the takeaway on that one.
00:23:45.389 --> 00:23:45.549
Yeah.
00:23:45.789 --> 00:23:47.149
So there's build.
00:23:47.549 --> 00:23:50.190
Perform is the muscle piece.
00:23:50.430 --> 00:23:59.230
So to your example, if your your limiter might be, well, now I'm not, I'm sure you've had runners or you've talked with runners and say I'm a sleepy glute, my glute's not firing, sort of deal.
00:23:59.309 --> 00:24:00.430
It's a common thing, right?
00:24:00.589 --> 00:24:04.750
It's like, well, if that's your limiter, we'll measure it, and that's the performance limitation.
00:24:04.909 --> 00:24:07.869
At some point, the glute isn't activating like we want it to.
00:24:08.109 --> 00:24:14.670
So we're gonna do biofeedback training or we're gonna give tools that help activate that glute in the right part of your stance.
00:24:14.829 --> 00:24:16.430
Or it's just a pure recovery issue.
00:24:16.589 --> 00:24:23.950
Maybe you're injured, maybe you're overtaxing your tissues because you have an awesome VO2 Max and your lungs are killing it, but your muscles can't keep up.
00:24:24.269 --> 00:24:24.589
Right?
00:24:24.829 --> 00:24:32.670
Back to the difficulty of programming, we need to measure some of those things and decide, well, maybe the programming shouldn't be dictated by your VO2 Max.
00:24:32.909 --> 00:24:36.349
Maybe it should be dictated by your fatigue in your muscles.
00:24:36.589 --> 00:24:40.670
And there's ways to measure those things, and that could even be a separate podcast itself.
00:24:40.750 --> 00:24:44.029
But some of the tools we use in here is we can see where you're at in your fatigue state.
00:24:44.190 --> 00:24:49.069
Now, I know you guys do blood testing, which is awesome, like blood oxygen testing to check for some of that.
00:24:49.309 --> 00:24:59.389
There's ways to check in from a neuromuscular profile standpoint too, even on uh even on a force plate or you know, is a muscle overactive because it's completely fatigued when we start our programming.
00:24:59.549 --> 00:25:06.990
Like that's a great way to make adjustments and great way to actually have a tailored program based on data that's coming in and making adjustments.
00:25:07.230 --> 00:25:15.869
Yes, because um I'm thinking of the new person who comes in, like the new, like, oh, I want to do a triathlon.
00:25:15.950 --> 00:25:21.629
And then they start with a half iron man, which is a, in my opinion, not a great place to start.
00:25:22.029 --> 00:25:24.509
So people do it, you know, like they do it.
00:25:24.670 --> 00:25:26.670
So I'm gonna go from zero to 70 miles.
00:25:26.750 --> 00:25:30.589
Yeah, and then they're like, Well, I made it 70 miles and may as well make it to 140.
00:25:30.909 --> 00:25:35.470
So we've got a lot of ramping up on a body that's not used to it.
00:25:35.710 --> 00:25:36.190
Yes.
00:25:36.670 --> 00:25:42.509
And usually that spells some sort of difficulty, and then they're like, screw this sport, I got hurt.
00:25:42.589 --> 00:25:43.629
It's like back it up.
00:25:43.869 --> 00:25:44.670
Yeah, yeah.
00:25:44.829 --> 00:25:47.389
And that's back back to the data nerd thing.
00:25:47.470 --> 00:25:50.829
Like, that's why I actually love working with those people because I can show you.
00:25:50.990 --> 00:25:53.389
Like, don't take my word for it.
00:25:53.470 --> 00:25:58.109
Like, here's here's the numbers and here's the direction that you're going if we don't make these changes.
00:25:58.269 --> 00:25:59.309
Like, you're gonna get hurt.
00:25:59.549 --> 00:25:59.950
Yeah, right.
00:26:00.509 --> 00:26:06.509
And we're not saying you can't do it, because I think that's where people get hung up is they're like, but I know I can.
00:26:06.670 --> 00:26:07.950
I know I can run five miles.
00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:10.029
Yeah, but you're falling apart at three.
00:26:10.269 --> 00:26:10.589
Yeah.
00:26:10.909 --> 00:26:14.029
Like, it's not that we're telling you not to or that you can't.
00:26:14.269 --> 00:26:17.230
It's let's build you up, is what I'm hearing you say.
00:26:17.389 --> 00:26:17.789
Yes.
00:26:18.509 --> 00:26:19.950
Like, build up those, yeah.
00:26:20.109 --> 00:26:22.269
Cardiorespiratory is not the limiter.
00:26:22.670 --> 00:26:26.190
That the biomechanics and the actual like turning on the muscles.
00:26:26.269 --> 00:26:27.869
Is that kind of how we want to say it?
00:26:28.029 --> 00:26:28.750
Like, yeah.
00:26:32.109 --> 00:26:34.990
There's definitely people out there that their cardiovascular system is limiting corrupt.
00:26:35.389 --> 00:26:36.190
Sure, absolutely.
00:26:36.589 --> 00:26:40.589
But it's not, I think it's wrong to make the assumption that that's the main limiter for most people.
00:26:40.750 --> 00:26:42.190
We don't know until we measure.
00:26:42.349 --> 00:26:42.509
Yeah.
00:26:42.750 --> 00:26:47.069
The more I measure the stuff, the more I'm like, I I know less, but I understand more.
00:26:47.389 --> 00:26:48.109
Does that make sense?
00:26:48.269 --> 00:26:49.549
Like, oh, 100%.
00:26:49.950 --> 00:26:51.869
I feel that way with a lot of things.
00:26:52.109 --> 00:26:52.829
Yes, yes.
00:26:52.990 --> 00:26:56.109
So that's that's why I like it because it helps, it helps us too.
00:26:56.190 --> 00:26:59.549
It helps us make decisions and we can be more confident in a program.
00:26:59.710 --> 00:27:03.230
You know, if we're pushing through something, it's I don't know if that's a good idea.
00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:05.629
I mean, you have pain, like I need to be correct.
00:27:05.869 --> 00:27:08.750
I need to be correct if we're pushing through a rehab program and there's pain.
00:27:08.829 --> 00:27:09.549
I can't get that wrong.
00:27:09.629 --> 00:27:10.589
We'll set you back, right?
00:27:10.909 --> 00:27:14.750
Rather than being like, uh, I don't know, six weeks.
00:27:15.069 --> 00:27:24.589
Yeah, and yeah, I'm I'm really trying to bite my tongue on a lot of these soapboxes, but yes, criteria-based decision making is a lot better than timeline-based decision making most of the time.
00:27:24.909 --> 00:27:25.869
Oh, interesting.
00:27:26.269 --> 00:27:36.909
So, and I would say that as a biomechanics guy, but it's like if I'm measuring all this stuff, I want you to achieve certain goals and certain, you know, performance metrics before we move on to the next thing, more than I care about.
00:27:36.990 --> 00:27:47.950
Oh, it's been six weeks or eight weeks, or there's a message for my ACL crowd, it's not necessarily for runners, but you know, the whole, oh, I've I'm nine months out, I'm good.
00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:58.190
I just had some I just had somebody that's like 15 months out, and I just did their return to sport testing, and I almost stopped the test in the middle of it because I'm like, I don't even think the testing's appropriate.
00:27:58.829 --> 00:28:05.230
So yeah, it's it's um because they were all timeline based and it wasn't criterion-based, right?
00:28:05.710 --> 00:28:07.149
Was my was my take on that.
00:28:07.230 --> 00:28:14.430
They had been discharged, they'd gone through all the time stuff, they'd gone through the met the motions, and for all that patient knows, they're everything's good, it's not their fault.
00:28:14.750 --> 00:28:14.990
Right.
00:28:15.230 --> 00:28:16.990
And so I think this can happen with runners too.
00:28:17.069 --> 00:28:20.750
Like if you're if you if you have patellar tendinitis, right?
00:28:20.829 --> 00:28:26.829
You go see your ortho and they say you do imaging MRI, they or just physical exam, and they say you have patellar tendinitis.
00:28:26.909 --> 00:28:30.589
Here's all your treatments for treating the inflammation, right?
00:28:30.750 --> 00:28:38.509
So you get anti-inflammatories, maybe you get a home exercise program or some sort of stretching, but nobody's asking how you got that patellar tendinitis in the first place.
00:28:38.750 --> 00:28:45.230
So even if I were to wave a magic wand and treat the inflammation and say, okay, poof, your swelling in your tendon is gone.
00:28:45.789 --> 00:28:47.950
Why did we have swelling in our tendon?
00:28:48.269 --> 00:28:48.509
Yeah.
00:28:49.149 --> 00:28:52.029
If you're a runner, it could be how you're running.
00:28:52.349 --> 00:28:54.589
We should somebody should take a look at this, is all I'm saying.
00:28:54.750 --> 00:29:00.750
And then, you know, with that context measure, okay, we have X biomechanical issue that could explain this.
00:29:00.829 --> 00:29:03.950
Maybe we address that and we can get this patillar tendinitis to go away.
00:29:05.149 --> 00:29:10.109
So uh more root cause-ish, like just being more curious.
00:29:10.750 --> 00:29:11.950
Absolutely root cause.
00:29:12.029 --> 00:29:13.629
I'm always going for root cause.
00:29:13.789 --> 00:29:17.710
And it doesn't mean that symptom treatment is is a bad thing, but it's short term.
00:29:18.029 --> 00:29:18.909
Yeah, it's short term.
00:29:18.990 --> 00:29:21.149
And that's you know, back to the build, perform, recover.
00:29:21.230 --> 00:29:30.109
That's more of the recovery side of the triangle is well, let's get you back, you know, where you're not in pain and things are healthy and the tissue's ready to perform, but you're not done.
00:29:30.349 --> 00:29:30.829
Yeah.
00:29:31.069 --> 00:29:31.389
Right.
00:29:31.470 --> 00:29:35.389
And I'm sure you see deconditioned runners or over-conditioned runners, the back to the overuse thing.
00:29:35.470 --> 00:29:36.029
I'm sure you see it.
00:29:36.109 --> 00:29:37.230
They're like over-trained.
00:29:37.869 --> 00:29:44.750
They're not undertrained, and you're like trying to give them nutrition advice and you're trying to give them like maybe you need to sleep, maybe that's the best thing you can do.
00:29:44.829 --> 00:29:44.990
Yeah.
00:29:45.470 --> 00:29:50.269
Other things that are outside of my scope, but um, you know, it's it's it's part of it.
00:29:50.349 --> 00:29:54.829
And it's like if you're totally fatigued, that's a different intervention.
00:29:54.990 --> 00:29:57.470
We need to do fatigue training, something, you know?
00:29:57.710 --> 00:29:58.029
Yes.
00:29:58.109 --> 00:30:05.309
I I do think that there is a unique crowd with whom likes to just train all the time.
00:30:06.109 --> 00:30:08.829
And it might just be strictly endurance training.
00:30:08.990 --> 00:30:12.349
There might be some strength in there, but it's almost like an expectation.
00:30:12.509 --> 00:30:15.869
If I am an endurance athlete, therefore I should be training all the time.
00:30:16.190 --> 00:30:18.430
And we're so different.
00:30:18.829 --> 00:30:22.589
And and then, and then those people are like, Well, my Achilles hurts again.
00:30:22.750 --> 00:30:24.990
I'm like, Well, of course it does.
00:30:25.230 --> 00:30:26.269
Well, and Chris, I'll ask you this.
00:30:26.430 --> 00:30:28.509
I mean, I know I know what you're gonna say, but I want to ask you anyway.
00:30:28.589 --> 00:30:39.950
Like, even within the individual, like you have a perfect programming schedule, you're X number of months into it, you can't predict exactly how you're gonna be from day to day.
00:30:40.029 --> 00:30:44.829
Like, there are regular and normal fluctuations that happen in our physiology.
00:30:44.990 --> 00:30:52.670
And I argue it's like, well, if we're very obsessed about measuring these things, we can actually, before we intervene with a plan, we can check.
00:30:52.750 --> 00:30:53.629
How are you doing?
00:30:53.789 --> 00:30:55.149
You know, how how are you actually doing?
00:30:55.309 --> 00:31:01.309
I don't mean how are you feeling necessarily, although that is important, but it's like, how excitable is the hamstring today?
00:31:01.549 --> 00:31:03.309
How dehydrated are you?
00:31:03.549 --> 00:31:07.549
You know, I'm not measuring that, but it's it's it's relevant.
00:31:07.710 --> 00:31:08.349
Yes, right.
00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:11.869
Um, changing on a regular basis, yeah.
00:31:12.029 --> 00:31:14.430
And so how have I had to get around channels?
00:31:14.670 --> 00:31:17.710
We can't just like drink a bunch of water and be like, I'm good today.
00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:28.190
No, no, and from from the PT perspective, when I'm programming and I expect you to make certain goals at certain timelines, and we're just having a bad day, like I want to know what's going on.
00:31:28.430 --> 00:31:34.829
So I, for some people, depending on the issue, I might have them squat on a force plate before I even start loading them up.
00:31:34.909 --> 00:31:40.750
And it's not that I'm fatiguing them with that squat, but I'm getting a sense of what's the rate of force development today?
00:31:40.909 --> 00:31:41.230
Yeah.
00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:47.149
Like I, because I'm obsessed with measurement, I have your last four weeks of your rate of force development and where it's been going.
00:31:47.230 --> 00:31:52.829
And if I suddenly see that slope start to drop today, it's like maybe it's just a bad week for you.
00:31:52.990 --> 00:31:56.909
Maybe you, maybe it's Monday and you had a really awesome happy hour on Saturday.
00:31:56.990 --> 00:32:00.190
Like no one's blaming you, but we should adapt our programs.
00:32:00.670 --> 00:32:00.909
Right.
00:32:00.990 --> 00:32:03.950
If I overload you on a day that you're already fatigued, we're not helping anybody.
00:32:04.269 --> 00:32:04.589
No.
00:32:05.069 --> 00:32:09.470
But I I think they're at least from our perspective, you know, it's like, but it's on my calendar.
00:32:09.629 --> 00:32:12.109
I'm like, yes, and I also have the ability to delete it.
00:32:12.349 --> 00:32:13.149
Yes, exactly.
00:32:13.309 --> 00:32:14.190
You're and you're the coach.
00:32:14.269 --> 00:32:16.829
You're like, I'm this was your this is where we start.
00:32:16.909 --> 00:32:19.950
This is the scaffold, but we're gonna yeah.
00:32:20.349 --> 00:32:31.789
Um, I also wish Carly were here, our sports psychologist, because you know, the mental aspect we were talking before we came on about VO2 Max training and uh a harness.
00:32:32.430 --> 00:32:34.990
You'll you'll you'll have to give that.
00:32:35.149 --> 00:32:38.990
We have one of our coaches who's like, Chris, you need to get a harness in there that way.
00:32:39.069 --> 00:32:40.589
I'm like, absolutely not.
00:32:40.829 --> 00:32:45.869
I don't need people flying off the back of my treadmill and then getting it's it's a big liability thing.
00:32:45.950 --> 00:32:52.190
And you know, we were talking about this beforehand, but we used you we had I I okay, I won't mention the lap.
00:32:52.269 --> 00:32:57.470
I've had experience where we we had IRB approval, we had them strapped to a harness.
00:32:57.549 --> 00:33:07.069
It was a chain in the ceiling, we ran people through a VO2 protocol, we had them tell us when they thought they were gonna tap out, and then we didn't stop the treadmill.
00:33:07.309 --> 00:33:10.589
They knew this was coming, but you know, it's still different when you're when you're in that mode.
00:33:10.909 --> 00:33:15.149
They're experiencing it at maximum effort or what you think is maximum effort.
00:33:15.470 --> 00:33:19.230
And it turns out you can go a lot longer, perhaps.
00:33:19.389 --> 00:33:21.549
Some people can go a lot longer than they think they can.
00:33:21.629 --> 00:33:23.389
And I'm not saying people should train that way.
00:33:23.470 --> 00:33:31.629
I'm not endorsing that as a safe thing, but it happens, it happens you know in other areas too, in terms of like fatigue and uh load management and those sorts of things.
00:33:31.789 --> 00:33:37.069
The question it begs is perhaps we don't actually have a very good perception of when we're tired, right?
00:33:37.230 --> 00:33:41.549
Or we perhaps we don't have a very good perception of when we actually have hit fatigue.
00:33:41.710 --> 00:33:50.670
You know, even if you're thinking about sets and reps based exercise programming, you know, you'll see, oh, three by eight means hypertrophy or three by six means hypertrophy.
00:33:50.829 --> 00:33:53.629
We should do 80% of one rep max, et cetera, et cetera.
00:33:53.869 --> 00:33:59.230
I think that's all studied well and that's all great, but you're reporting when you think you're tired.
00:33:59.470 --> 00:34:06.990
And some of the velocity-based stuff we do here that judges when you start slowing down is the dictator of when you're tired.
00:34:07.389 --> 00:34:08.430
Same thing happens.
00:34:08.590 --> 00:34:14.909
They think you're tired and then they're busting out three or four or five more reps at the same speed and they haven't slowed down yet.
00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:16.750
They're not tired yet.
00:34:16.829 --> 00:34:21.309
And if the goal is to truly fatigue those muscles to improve performance, you actually have to get to fatigue.
00:34:21.710 --> 00:34:30.190
Have you seen that there is, and you may not have the answer to this, have you seen that there's any difference between male and female in that perception?
00:34:30.510 --> 00:34:32.510
For uh no, I don't know that.
00:34:32.670 --> 00:34:34.990
That would be an interesting study.
00:34:35.150 --> 00:34:37.950
I I can't no, I don't I don't have any comment on that.
00:34:38.030 --> 00:34:39.550
That would be an interesting thing to look at though.
00:34:39.789 --> 00:34:40.510
Yeah, yeah.
00:34:40.750 --> 00:34:48.110
Some of the times I feel like in my bias, I feel like women are holding back more than men.
00:34:48.349 --> 00:35:00.190
And perhaps it's a cultural thing, or yeah, you know, uh we could go into all different, but yeah, I I I try to encourage people like you've got more in, you've got more in there.
00:35:00.430 --> 00:35:01.869
Yeah, yeah, it could be.
00:35:02.030 --> 00:35:03.230
Um I love researching.
00:35:03.389 --> 00:35:15.150
Maybe it's fear, fear of getting injured or fear of so here's where I will comment people who have been hurt and are trying to rehab back tend to hold themselves back a little sooner.
00:35:15.309 --> 00:35:15.469
Yeah.
00:35:15.630 --> 00:35:17.949
And that that just makes common sense, right?
00:35:18.269 --> 00:35:19.070
Absolutely, yeah.
00:35:19.309 --> 00:35:26.190
Yeah, so the so what it sounds to me like you've got this whole assessment, build, perform, recover, right?
00:35:27.309 --> 00:35:36.509
And then working with folks to make sure that they've got data behind their movement and whether they should be doing the movement or not.
00:35:37.469 --> 00:35:39.550
What would you add or delete from that?
00:35:39.710 --> 00:35:42.909
Whatever I just got it.
00:35:42.989 --> 00:35:51.070
I if I have strength, if I have strength information, true objective strength information, I have kinematics, so your form and how you're moving.
00:35:51.630 --> 00:35:55.550
I have muscle data, EMG, to know how your muscles are performing.
00:35:55.710 --> 00:36:00.269
And in some instances, I have force or pressure, man, I can do a lot of damage.
00:36:00.349 --> 00:36:04.269
Like I can really make some changes because if it's a force problem, I know.
00:36:04.429 --> 00:36:05.949
If it's a muscle performance problem, I know.
00:36:06.029 --> 00:36:07.309
If it's a kinematics problem, I know.
00:36:07.389 --> 00:36:09.389
And then we can focus on those interventions.
00:36:09.550 --> 00:36:15.630
When you have follow-ups, it's not just, well, let's try this thing because it seems to be part of a protocol for this problem.
00:36:15.789 --> 00:36:22.989
It's like, no, we have painstakingly identified that your hamstring is overactive in terminal swing.
00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:23.869
That's the problem.
00:36:23.949 --> 00:36:25.230
That's the low-hanging fruit.
00:36:25.389 --> 00:36:27.469
We're gonna we're gonna dive into that.
00:36:27.710 --> 00:36:36.349
We're gonna figure out why that is, and we're gonna make sure it's calm because we're gonna change your cadence or your running form or your strike pattern or whatever we think we need to attack.
00:36:36.670 --> 00:36:40.190
And then we're gonna remeasure and see how see how you perform.
00:36:40.670 --> 00:36:43.869
It's it's very basic scientific method.
00:36:43.949 --> 00:36:47.789
It's like get some data, have a hypothesis, test it.
00:36:47.949 --> 00:36:49.309
Did you get the change you wanted?
00:36:49.469 --> 00:36:50.029
Yes or no.
00:36:50.190 --> 00:36:52.509
If you didn't, then re-examine the question.
00:36:52.670 --> 00:36:54.110
If you did, lean into it.
00:36:54.269 --> 00:36:54.670
Yeah, right.
00:36:54.750 --> 00:36:57.150
And I think I'll treat you a little bit.
00:36:57.389 --> 00:37:00.110
You're good for now, but maybe I'll see you again.
00:37:00.269 --> 00:37:00.829
Probably.
00:37:00.989 --> 00:37:01.949
We don't, you know.
00:37:02.509 --> 00:37:03.550
Binding my tongue on a soapbox.
00:37:04.750 --> 00:37:06.029
Binding my tongue on a soapbox again.
00:37:06.110 --> 00:37:10.429
But in PT, we love to sell visits, and it's like we shouldn't be selling visits, we should be selling plans.
00:37:11.389 --> 00:37:11.710
Right?
00:37:11.789 --> 00:37:14.269
Like, I've diagnosed you with a problem, I think it's gonna take this long.
00:37:14.349 --> 00:37:15.389
Here's a plan.
00:37:16.190 --> 00:37:17.869
Not just keep coming until it's better.
00:37:18.029 --> 00:37:18.349
Yeah.
00:37:18.509 --> 00:37:23.469
And it's not to say the plan's always gonna be perfect, but we need somewhere to work from.
00:37:23.789 --> 00:37:24.110
Yes.
00:37:24.349 --> 00:37:24.989
And adjust on.
00:37:25.309 --> 00:37:29.630
I've I've had folks who are like, yeah, I'm still in PT for this whatever, whatever issue.
00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:30.590
I'm like, oh, for how long?
00:37:30.909 --> 00:37:31.550
Oh, two years.
00:37:31.630 --> 00:37:34.829
I'm like, oh no, yeah, not okay.
00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:39.389
Unless there's some maintenance plan going on, but the thing is if you ask them, the the client probably doesn't know.
00:37:39.630 --> 00:37:39.869
Yeah.
00:37:40.110 --> 00:37:40.829
What are you working on?
00:37:40.909 --> 00:37:41.469
I always love that one.
00:37:41.550 --> 00:37:43.309
What are you working on in PT right now?
00:37:43.469 --> 00:37:46.590
And it's some unclear answer, and I'm not blaming the patient.
00:37:46.670 --> 00:37:54.590
It just if that happened, if I had one of my patients and they were experiencing that and somebody were to ask them, like, what are you working on?
00:37:54.670 --> 00:37:57.309
and they're confused about it, I'm looking in the mirror.
00:37:57.710 --> 00:38:03.070
Because I'm like, I want to like, I think education is a big part of this, and I want it to be very clear what we're attacking.
00:38:03.150 --> 00:38:18.110
Even if it's a lot of data and it can be confusing and there's a lot going on, and you're trusting me to steer that ship, you know, I'm getting good at reading when I got the deer and headlights versus like somebody actually understanding, and I would much rather be like, no, let's spend the time to make sure you know what we're trying to attack here.
00:38:18.429 --> 00:38:20.029
Yeah, so cool.
00:38:20.590 --> 00:38:21.550
All right, Rick.
00:38:21.710 --> 00:38:39.230
Well, if based on all the fun things that we've talked about, uh durability, testing, all kinds of fun things, if somebody were to remember one or two things as takeaways, what would be your main things to have them like seal in their brain?
00:38:39.550 --> 00:38:39.949
Love that.
00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:40.349
Okay.
00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:44.829
One, gate analysis can be appropriate for a lot of different people.
00:38:45.070 --> 00:38:47.789
So it's not just I hurt, I need a gate analysis.
00:38:47.949 --> 00:38:48.989
Maybe you're not hurt yet.
00:38:49.150 --> 00:38:51.230
Maybe you want to make sure you're running well.
00:38:51.710 --> 00:38:57.550
You know, it you don't have to be injured to get a gate analysis, and you don't have to be of any age demographic to get it either.
00:38:57.789 --> 00:38:59.550
It should be part of your wellness.
00:38:59.789 --> 00:39:04.909
If you're a runner, we should look at your running and see if you're running in a way that's not going to harm you.
00:39:05.630 --> 00:39:06.750
Makes sense to me, right?
00:39:06.829 --> 00:39:08.590
I hope it makes sense to your listeners.
00:39:08.829 --> 00:39:12.190
It, you know, it's like, let's let's take a look because we can predict a lot of stuff.
00:39:12.509 --> 00:39:27.949
The second thing is that the process, the diagnostic process is the most important part of either solving a problem or creating a plan around your goals because we need to know what it is that we're trying to attack.
00:39:28.029 --> 00:39:35.469
And if I am half as good at diagnosing and twice as good at treating, it doesn't matter if I'm treating the wrong thing.
00:39:36.429 --> 00:39:44.509
So I would rather be twice as good at diagnosing and half as good at treating because at least we know we're affecting the right item.
00:39:45.469 --> 00:39:56.349
So my change, my takeaway, if anybody, you know, comes into my clinic for PT and what I try and educate is like we are going to spend time on the front end figuring out the problem.
00:39:56.509 --> 00:39:59.469
It's going to seem like a lot compared to maybe where you've been elsewhere.
00:39:59.630 --> 00:40:03.070
But once we get it, we can be a lot more confident in the plan.
00:40:03.309 --> 00:40:03.550
Yeah.
00:40:03.789 --> 00:40:07.150
So don't plan on coming to Rick and spending like 30 minutes there.
00:40:07.869 --> 00:40:08.750
No, no.
00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:20.989
I mean, follow-ups can be 45 minutes depending on the intervention, but initial eval is typically 90 minutes for our testing because I'm strapping all sorts of sensors and stuff on you, and you'll feel like a fun science project because you kind of are, and we'll get all that information.
00:40:21.230 --> 00:40:29.550
So, you know, I'm on a 90-minute eval, 45-minute follow-up typically, unless we need to do, you know, more testing or that sort of thing.
00:40:29.630 --> 00:40:30.750
It's it's built around you.
00:40:30.989 --> 00:40:31.949
Yeah, cool.
00:40:32.269 --> 00:40:34.349
Wow, you have some special news.
00:40:34.509 --> 00:40:35.630
Your clinic is opening up.
00:40:35.869 --> 00:40:36.190
I am.
00:40:36.269 --> 00:40:38.269
I'm a month away from grand opening.
00:40:38.349 --> 00:40:40.429
I think it's gonna be a Cinco de Mayo situation.
00:40:40.509 --> 00:40:42.190
So I think we're gonna open up on May 5th.
00:40:42.269 --> 00:40:44.349
Maybe I'll bring in tacos for a lunch event.
00:40:44.590 --> 00:40:52.670
Um, but May 5th is gonna be grand opening here, and I'm encouraging anybody who wants to know more is interested, please go to the website.
00:40:52.829 --> 00:40:55.789
The company is anthrokinetics physiolab.
00:40:55.949 --> 00:40:59.469
I can put that somewhere so you can put it on the notes.
00:40:59.869 --> 00:41:00.269
Awesome.
00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:03.949
Um, and they can request, they can just contact me there and request a visit.
00:41:04.110 --> 00:41:06.590
I am gonna be doing facility tours.
00:41:06.750 --> 00:41:11.150
So if anybody wants to come in, rather than just doing a consultation call, I'm gonna let them come in.
00:41:11.230 --> 00:41:17.869
We can walk through the clinic and you can talk with me um kind of about what your goals are and what you want to achieve, and and you can get a tour at the same time.
00:41:18.029 --> 00:41:20.190
So take advantage of that if you have questions.
00:41:20.269 --> 00:41:24.349
I want curious people here, you know, even if you're not sure, come check it out.
00:41:24.590 --> 00:41:26.110
Yeah, love that.
00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:26.829
So cool.
00:41:27.070 --> 00:41:32.029
Rick Pittman, this was fun, and I'm sure we will be back for more nerding out.
00:41:32.269 --> 00:41:32.909
Yes, love it.
00:41:32.989 --> 00:41:34.029
Thank you, Chris, for having me on.
00:41:34.110 --> 00:41:34.670
I appreciate it.
00:41:34.829 --> 00:41:35.869
Yeah, absolutely.