The Runners Zone

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 considerations31:00 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    

Chris and Nathan both have new online courses for you to check out.  Nathan's course Rebuild: BSI Management https://runningmatekc.com/rebuild-bone-stress-injury-online-course/ Chris's Course: Clinical Running Essentials https://chrisjohnsonpt.com/clinical-running-essentials/ In this episode, Chris and Nathan dive into  2:00 Does an absensce of pain mean you can start running?7:00 What if a physician gives the runners a green light?11:50 The research on asymptomatic BSIs12:45 Nathan’s phases of BSI rehab17:15 What if running is too important to the patient?21:00 Avoiding distractions in recovery23:00 The George article32:00 Navigating symptoms during BSI rehab39:00 Should patients avoid social media? Warden article https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33962529/ George article https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39141251/ Asymptomatic tibial BSIs https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15333349/

Boston Bones, Tendons, Weights, & Whistles  https://chrisjohnsonpt.com/product/bones-tendons-weights-whistles-boston-march-2025/ Timestamps: 2:20 What’s new with Chris4:30 What’s new with Nathan5:30 Case study one - vague hip pain14:10 Case study two - glute med tendinopathy?16:30 Chris and Nathan come to Boston18:20 Solopreneuer corner: One tip for if and when you go out on your own25:00 What do we struggle with in the clinic?    

To learn more about Chris and Nathan's new business offer click below. https://skilled-teacher-862.kit.com/7fca4b4f3b Episode Timestamps 3:00 Taking time off around the holidays 6:30 Downtime in training and in business 9:00 The space between the stimulus and response 12:42 A new offering from Chris & Nathan 15:20 The non-clinical skills you need 20:00 The top 3 skills that will help your career 25:43 Figuring out YOUR approach to social media 28:00 What we’ve learned from clinics across the country If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love it if you gave us a review and shared with a friend.  

Hey and welcome back to the RZ Podcast On episode 63 Nathan and Chris dive into navigating running related pain.  They cover how we manage pain in our patients, when it’s necessary to push through pain or completely stop training, and how we help healthy runners navigate the inevitable discomfort of running.  Bones, Tendons, Weights, and Whistles @ Gig Harbor, Washington If you are ready to step up your game at managing RRIs, come join Chris and myself in Gig Harbor, Washington on 2/24-2/25. Learn more by clicking HERE.  Yamato Study Bruce Wilk Book The Running Injury Continuum Bone Stress Injury Book 

In today's episode, Chris and Nathan dive into how to start your own running business. They cover their mistakes and failures in starting out, navigating social media, how to grow local relationships, and how to develop your unique voice.  Chris and Nathan are excited to launch our 2024 Long Run Mastermind, designed to help you build a business you love. Check out the link below to learn more and schedule a discovery call.  Long Run Mastermind

In today’s episode, Chris and Nathan discuss how we got into teaching continuing education and the need for seasonality in training and life. Then Chris puts Nathan on the hot seat to answer common questions about BSIs. Be sure to check out the studies they site below.  LIFTMOR Study Robling Studies Hart Studies Surgical vs Conservative Mgmt papers Femoral Shaft Concepts Paper  

Welcome back to the Runners Zone Podcast! In this episode Chris and Nathan break down the fundamentals of patella tendinopathy. They discuss key considerations around subjective testing, objective examination, exercise prescription, return to run progression, and strength training considerations. They break down three case studies on how these cases can present very differently. Bones, Tendons, Weights, and Whistles Nashville -  https://zerenpt.samcart.com/products/btww/ If you are looking to up your game at managing running-related injuries come join Chris and Nathan in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30th and October 1st.  This two day course is designed to help you master the management of bone stress injuries and tendon disorders. We cover developing trust with patients, running through subjective and object examinations, optimal exercise prescription and how to develop long term return to run plans. Come join us for a fun-filled weekend in Nashville at Wolf PT in September.   

Hey and welcome back to The Runners Zone Podcast. I’m Nathan Carlson. Today, Chris and I discussed how we measure professional progress. We discuss how this has evolved from new grads to business owners.  Chris and I will be bringing BTWW to Nashville, Tennessess at Wolfe Pt this Septemeber 30th-October 1st. We are pumped to share how we approach managing running related injuries from tendon related disorders to BSIs. Over the weekend, we cover running an effective subjective exam, performing a thorough orthopedic assessment, conducting functional testing and gait analysis and developing specific exercise and training plans for individual patients. We cover a lot of science, but at the end of the day this course is all about practical application to real life runners. To learn more and sign up check out the link below.  BTWW Nashville - https://zerenpt.samcart.com/products/btww/

In today's episode, Chris and I discuss how we approach designing running plans for our patients getting back to training and competition and how we coach athletes for performance and longevity. We discuss practical case examples and the need for open/honest communication, how to balancing work and life with training. Finally, we discuss how we approach running returning from bone and tendon injuries of the hip, knee, and foot. Chris and I are excited to announce we are taking our BTWW course to Nashville, Tennessee, on 9/30-10/1. This is a two day, in-person course designed to sharpen your clinical skills working with runners. We cover fundamental sciences of bone and tendon injuries, running a targeted orthopaedic exam, exercise progression, and developing return to run plans. And this course is heavy on practical application. It’s all about how you apply key ideas to actual runners. To learn more, check out the link below.  Chris recently launched a new offering, “Run With Chris' is a subscription-based program designed specifically for recreational distance runners. Take the guesswork out of your programming with weekly running workouts and drills programmed by Chris. To learn more about Run with Chris, be sure to visit the link below! BTWW Nashville https://zerenpt.samcart.com/products/btww/ Run with Chris https://chrisjohnsonpt.com/runwithchris/

In today’s episode, Chris and I explain how to navigate your PT career as a new grad. We cover the mentors and experiences that have shaped our professional careers and try to pull out some key ideas for new grads just starting their careers. If you have enjoyed The Runners Zone Podcast, we'd love it if you gave us a review and shared it with a friend! 

In this episode, Nathan and Chris sat down with chiropractor Luke Nelson. Luke has 20 years of experience working with runners and endurance athletes and has a particular interest in the calf muscle complex. He breaks how to assess calf and foot strength and how that . He also speaks to the importance of how to apply that data to the unique patient in front of you. To learn more about Luke, be sure to give him a follow IG and check out his online course for managing running related injuries below.  Luke's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sportschiroluke/ Luke’s Courses: https://www.matassessment.com/matrunningcourse If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love it if you gave us a review!

In this episode, Chris and Nathan break down intra-articular pain. They cover runners dealing with Meniscus tears, cartilage damage, and ligament injuries breaking down the essentials to a quality examination. The dissect important misconceptions about what to do and not do with these injuries.  Envelope of Function Presence of Abnormal Findings in 230 Asymptomatic Knees Knee Arthroscopy Versus Conservative Management Clinical Exam of the Runner (Video) Episode 35: Kentaro Onishi on Injectables If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love it if you gave us review! 

In this episode, Chris and Nathan dive into everything you need to know about your hip and running. They cover how they've changed their views on the runner's hip, managing hip pain, key assessments to understand, programming principles to improve hip strength. Be sure to check out the show resources and articles below! Nathan's Youtube Chris Newsletter How to Rehab a Sacral Stress Fracture Spokane Course Lindsey's IG Research Articles -  The Warwick Agreement Muscle Function During Walking, Running, & Sprinting Thigh Muscle Weakness in Different Pathological States Height & Running Experience Affect Running Cadence Clinical Examination of Groin Pain Exercise Video Links Farmer’s March  Lateral Toe Tap  Rearfoot Elevated Split Squat  Step-Up  Long Lever Bridge  Hip Airplane  Band Resisted Hip Flexor Training Matrix