Thinking Of Your Body As An Integrated System with Claire Bernard Miller, DPT | Koopcast Episode 146
Episode overview:
Claire Bernard Miller, DPT on common issues amongst runners, how our feet are more important to preventing injuries than we know and why we should all seek pelvic floor physical therapy.
Episode highlights:
(21:15) Common injuries: proper pronation and supination, forefoot injuries from narrow toe boxes, Achilles tendinitis, kinetic chain
(24:25) Good foot health: foot intrinsics, strength, exercises
(49:20) Recovery from pregnancy: recognizing the challenge, taking care of your body, getting back to running
Our conversation:
(0:00) Intro: Stephanie Howe covers for Jason, introducing Claire
(3:10) Claire’s professional background: education, starting Activate Physical Therapy
(4:56) Claire’s athletic background: finding physical therapy through injury, being a multi sport athlete
(7:34) Empathy and experience: using injury in sport to relate to clients
(9:13) Gait Happens: virtual biomechanics analysis, physical therapy, continuing education
(13:44) Anecdote: Claire’s journey into fair happens, injury, continued education
(18:48) The treatment process: assessing posture, movement, soft tissues, strength
(21:15) Common injuries: proper pronation and supination, forefoot injuries from narrow toe boxes, Achilles tendinitis, kinetic chain
(24:25) Good foot health: foot intrinsics, strength, exercises
(27:12) Building soleus strength: bent knee calf raises, wall sit calf raises, improving performance
(31:29) The Pelvis: core control, anatomy, your pelvic floor
(36:07) Strengthening the pelvic floor: breathing, analogy to biceps, relaxation
(38:53) Hip pain: treating the body as a system, female athletes, pregnancy, internal exams
(41:42) Anecdote: personal injury, solving pelvic pain
(43:34) Pelvic PT: finding the right therapist for you, anyone can benefit from pelvic PT
(44:50) Pregnancy and postpartum: diversity of experiences
(49:20) Recovery from pregnancy: recognizing the challenge, taking care of your body, getting back to running
(52:07) Pelvic PTs and OBGYNs: different expertise, playing the long game, prolapse
(54:24) Training post-pregnancy: everybody is different, sharing honest stories
(56:18) Wrap-up: giving thanks, where to find Claire
(57:54) Outro: key exercises
Additional resources:
Activate Physical Therapy & Wellness: https://activateptw.com/
Gait happens: https://www.gaithappens.com/
Claire Bernard Miller IG: https://www.instagram.com/activatephysicaltherapy/
Information on coaching-https://trainright.com/
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