YOUR KNEES AND RUNNING, PART TWO with Dr. Lauren LaPierre, DPT (@thepersonalizedrunningdoc). Thought we'd covered it all last season? Nope! -No, running still isn't bad for your knees -How is it that we sometimes experience whole-joint soreness in the knees? -Risk factors for knee injuries -Isometric exercises to address knee pain -Stabilization of the knee joint: understanding the role of the adductors -How to harness the power of eccentric exercises to improve your running -Is it OK to let my knees go past my toes when I'm strength training? -Are we doing ourselves a dissevice in how we talk about having "good knees" or "bad knees"? -Different rates of development for muscles vs. tendons vs. ligaments, etc -If strength takes so long to develop... how come I can rapidly increase how much I can handle when I first start lifting weights? -Why PRs aren't the only measure of improvement -How to use injury as an growth opportunity -"Offensive" vs "defensive" strength training as a runner -And more! Dr. Lauren LaPierre is a doctor of physical therapy by trade, runner rehab specialist and running coach! Dr. Lauren personally has over a decade of competitive running experience, competing throughout high school and later for the University of Rhode Island as a Division I athlete. Her personal journey with running is the reason she went to PT school and later started her business, The Personalized Running Doc. Her mission is to help other runners overcome training-related injuries when all else has failed, empowering them to continue running for themselves and crushing their goals as they do. Since 2020, her comprehensive approach and hybrid training model have helped runners all over the world return to running pain-free and reach their maximum running potential!