Dr Glenn McConell chats with Associate Professor Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen from Aarhus University who is an expert on the affect of training load and shoes on running-related injuries. This is the second of a series of podcast episodes on running injuries (See Prof Irene Davis’s episode).
Rasmus went from an overweight gamer to an injured runner to a exercise researcher! His research focuses on injury prevention, especially the importance of training load. Need to make slow changes. Seems don’t need motion control shoes for those with “excess pronation”. His main point is that one needs to give the body enough time to adapt or the likelihood of injury is increased. So don’t suddenly change things. This includes speed, distance, shoes, terrain etc. How gradual is gradual though? There tend to be different injuries from running long vs running fast (and when returning to running one should consider the cause of the original injury). What do in leisure time affects the total load. Shoes and running injuries. Very interesting stuff.0:00. Introduction3:05. Rasmus focuses on injury prevention4:50. The importance of training load with injuries8:10. Went from overweight gamer to runner to exercise researcher15:12. “Excessive pronation” doesn’t increase injuries20:20. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.21:38. Injury rates23:50. Don’t suddenly change things25:00. Should increase 5-10% a week?26:35. Injury from one session vs more chronic effects30:20. Running speed, distance and load32:40. Stride length and stride rate36:00. Gradual changes are very important40:08. Different injuries when run long vs fast43:02. Don’t do too much too soon (change shoes, different terrain etc)48:45. Generally the body can adapt if give it time50:40. Might be good to have different shoes if used to them53:50. How gradual is gradual though?59:20. What do in leisure time affects the total load1:02:27. Rearfoot vs forefoot strike and injuries1:07:08. Evolution and running shoes, fan of minimalist shoes?1:10:35. Training load needs to be considered in injury research1:16:43. Quantifying load per stride etc1:21:00. Recovery from injury (plantar fasciitis)1:24:02. Shoes and running injuries1:27:05. “Super shoes” and injury risk1:28:48. Recovery from achilles tendon recovery1:31:32. Running and knee osteoarthritis1:33:53. Strength training and running injuries1:39:00. Aging, stretching and running injuries1:42:37. Sex differences and running injuries1:44:23. Takeaway messages1:46:26. OutroInside Exercise brings to you the who's who of research in exercise metabolism, exercise physiology and exercise’s effects on health. With scientific rigor, these researchers discuss popular exercise topics while providing practical strategies for all.The interviewer, Emeritus Professor Glenn McConell, has an international research profile following 30 years of Exercise Metabolism research experience while at The University of Melbourne, Ball State University, Monash University, the University of Copenhagen and Victoria University.He has published over 120 peer reviewed journal articles and recently edited an Exercise Metabolism eBook written by world experts on 17 different topics (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94305-9).Connect with Inside Exercise and Glenn McConell at:Twitter: @Inside_exercise and @GlennMcConell1Instagram: insideexerciseFacebook: Glenn McConellLinkedIn: Glenn McConell https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-mcconell-83475460ResearchGate: Glenn McConellEmail: glenn.mcconell@gmail.comSubscribe to Inside exercise:Spotify: shorturl.at/tyGHLApple Podcasts: shorturl.at/oFQRUYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@insideexerciseAnchor: https://anchor.fm/insideexerciseGoogle Podcasts: shorturl.at/bfhHIAnchor: https://anchor.fm/insideexercisePodcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/4025218Not medical advice