Making Strides Podcast

Things to Stop Telling Runners with guest Stephanie Mundt

February 23, 2021

In episode 13 of the MSP, AJ and Adam are joined by PT and coach Stephanie Mundt. She owns Volante Physical Therapy and Performance in Scottsdale, AZ. Steph has been putting out a great series of Instagram posts surrounding various things runners are told that are often wrong and harmful to the future of these runners. It's a great conversation, so buckle up. This one has some heavy hitters!
6:30 "Strength training will prevent injuries."
12:15 "Your knees hurt because your hips are weak."
17:40 "It's coming from your hips" (weak glutes, rotated, q-angle, etc)
23:00 "Engage your glutes"
28: "Just run through it."
32:20 "You're not stretching enough"
37:34 "You run too much"
41:00 "Running on the pavement is bad for you."
45:20 Closing thoughts