In episode 227 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with JF Esculier, Research & Development, The Running Clinic, ‘Is Running Bad for Your Knees?’ in this Expert Edition.
JF Esculier is the Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is the Head of Research and Development and Speaker at the Running Clinic and in industry circles you can’t go past good running injury research without JF Esculier being somewhere amongst it.
In this conversation, you’ll hear JF share around the misconceptions about running and knee osteoarthritis, the findings of current research into the relationship between running with known symptomatic and asymptomatic knee osteoarthritis. JF issues guidelines on what to do if you do have known symptomatic knee osteoarthritis to promote the best future of your joints and issues a great physical challenge feel the week.
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Perceptions about running and knee health Survey
Listen in as we delve into the following:
- JF’s career to date
- Running longer in life
- What is knee osteoarthritis and what does it look like
- Changes being seen in Xray’s
- Percentage of people who have changes in Xray’s
- Cartilage beliefs in running
- What is cartilage
- Best advice on running
- Findings for runners in middle ages
- How do you listen to your body when in pain?
- Forces of our knee when we run and walk
- Cumulative load effects
- Knee stress injury
- Best advice on medication on knee injury
- Strength Principles with sore knees
- Footwear recommendations on knee injury
- Running gait technique
- Best advice on navigating knee osteoarthritis symptoms
- Perceptions about running and knee health Survey
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Twitter:
@JFEsculier
Website:
Running Clinic
Bio 1:
Jean-Francois Esculier
Bio 2: Jean-Francois Esculier
Perceptions about running and knee health Survey
Quotes
“Continue to run as long as you listen to your body and not overload your joints.” – Best advice on running
“Listen to your body”- Best advice on navigating knee osteoarthritis symptoms
“Split your run in the day.” – Physical Challenge
“Keep in mind that imaging results can show something but doesn’t mean that you will have pain necessary.”
“Running is great for your knees, it is a great activity to maintain healthy joints, so go ahead and run.”
“Split your training into more sessions.”
“Try to run a little bit slower.”
Categories of runners
1. Recreational runners
2. More controlled runners
3. Competitive runners
Timeline
0:00 Start
2:10 Introduction to JF Esculier
5:00 JF’s career to date
6:49 Running longer in life
09:13 What is knee osteoarthritis and what does it look like
11:00 Changes being seen in Xray’s
13:40 Percentage of people who have changes in Xray’s
17:33 Cartilage beliefs in running
19:33 What is cartilage
21:17 Best advice on running
31:22 Findings for runners in middle ages
33:24 How do you listen to your body when in pain?
36:38 Forces of our knee when we run and walk
38:24 Cumulative load effects
43:50 Knee stress injury
45:05 Best advice on medication on knee injury
51:05 Strength Principles with sore knees
53:17 Footwear recommendations on knee injury
1:01:09 Running gait technique
1:03:08 Best advice on navigating knee osteoarthritis symptoms
1:04:19 Physical Challenge for the week
1:05:19 Perceptions about running and knee health Survey
1:11:20 Finish
People Mentioned
Rich Willy – Running Researcher & Physical Therapist at University of Montana Episode 132 of The Physical Performance Show
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