18/11/2025
Rehabbing an injury is no different than run training.
It needs to be specific.
If your previous rehab for a running related injury wasn’t specific to your goals of getting back to running, you probably found yourself back in pain a few months later.
Here are a few reasons why your last bout of PT may have been unsuccessful:
GENERIC PT - Running requires specific musculoskeletal and physiologic demands. Your rehab, no matter the tissue you’re dealing with, requires specific loading and proper training.
UNDERLOADING - Running is a high-impact sport, and the end-stages of your rehab should help you meet that demand. Plyometrics, heavy strength training (relative to the runner), are all a must.
OVERLOADING - A generic PT may have missed the early signs of a bone stress injury or a nagging tendinopathy. If so, they then likely only made the injury worse or sent you back to full training too soon.
TRAINING KNOWLEDGE - A good running PT will know how to adjust your training to keep you running as much as is safely possible. They’ll know how to tweak different training variables - frequency, duration, and speed - on a daily basis for you to optimize recovery.
RETURN TO RUNNING - Once you’re fully recovered, there’s likely still a progression that’s needed to get you back to your full training load. Jumping right back into where you were pre-injury will likely send you right back to the PT clinic.
Are you ready to stop circling the drain with your injury and get back to doing what you love on the run? Click the link in bio to take the first step.
