The Runners Zone – Details, episodes & analysis

Timestamps

2:00 The Runners Zone Spotify Wrapped!
7:30 Knee swelling or knee effusion?
9:00 How to manage post-op knee swelling
11:30 How our management of swelling has changed through our career
15:40 How to assess knee swelling
21:30 The need to look combine patient history, clinical presentation, & swelling measures
26:00 How much swelling is ok to push through? 
28:30 Do Chris and Nathan set yearly goals? 

Research article
Inter-rater reliability to assess knee joint effusion

Video Examples
3+ knee effusion
2+ knee effusion
1+ knee effusion

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.

Thanksgiving Deals

Chris's Clinical Essentials Online Course - Learn more HERE
Nathan's Online Bone Stress Injury Course - Learn more HERE
Nathan's Stress Fracture Protocols - Learn more HERE

Timestamps

0:00 Happy Thanksgiving!
3:00 Running a practice around the holidays
11:55 Setting strength standards for distance runners
14:54 Upper body expectations
20:00 Lower body benchmarks
32:00 Loaded carry goals
38:54 Plyometrics
48:00 Do you need tech to assess strength?

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. 
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 BSIs
12:45 Nathan's phases of BSI rehab
17:15 What if running is too important to the patient?
21:00 Avoiding distractions in recovery
23:00 The George article
32:00 Navigating symptoms during BSI rehab
39:00 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 Chris
4:30 What's new with Nathan
5:30 Case study one - vague hip pain
14:10 Case study two - glute med tendinopathy?
16:30 Chris and Nathan come to Boston
18:20 Solopreneuer corner: One tip for if and when you go out on your own
25:00 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

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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.