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Running

Running can help relieve pain and warm up your body and muscles. Check out these articles about physical therapy and running.

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4 Tips to Improve Your Running

Having completed nearly 30 marathons over the past 14 years I have had the opportunity of reading hundreds of different signs that spectators were holding up to both entertain and inspire those who were running.…
March 31, 2021
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Warming Up Before Running

With spring around the corner, many runners will start up their outdoor training programs. Today, we’re sharing some tips for a proper and thorough warm-up to ensure you don’t start off your season with injuries.…
March 12, 2019
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Physical Therapy and Running Injuries

As the weather starts to warm up, runners everywhere are starting to lace up their running shoes for training. Running, however, can easily bring overuse injuries. Over 42% of overuse injuries affect the knee joint,…
March 21, 2018
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Running Gait

Running is a favorite hobby of many and is a great way to keep yourself in shape as you age. While many people are able to keep up with this hobby with only minor aches…
January 19, 2018
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Running Evaluations

RPT offers personalized running- specific and gait analysis to enhance running mechanics, efficiency, and prevent injury. Running analysis can be performed in preparation for races, to return to sport following injury, or for injury prevention.…
January 20, 2017
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Shin Splints

RPT Blog: Shin Splints Shin splints are not fun. Every long distance runner knows the pain. You’re in the middle of a 5 mile run, doing great, beating your mile time. Then all of a…
August 23, 2016
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Healthy Running

RPT Blog: Healthy Running Running is one of the best forms of exercise that one can get. But 65% of runners will get a running related injury in the next year. If logging long miles…
August 23, 2016