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Ali on the Run Show

124. Ali & the Experts Week with Brynn Fessette O'Neill, Physical Therapist

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

"Please don’t Google this stuff." —Brynn Fessette O'Neill

Brynn Fessette O'Neill, DPT, is a physical therapist at Finish Line Physical Therapy in New York City. On this episode, she offers advice on prehab, injuries, and recovery.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

  • All about prehab and rehab (3:00)
  • Brynn explains why specific injuries happen and how to deal with them, including IT-Band syndrome, plantar fasciitis, runner’s knee, and more (14:30)
  • Everything you need to know about recovery (35:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Brynn on Episode 21 of the Ali on the Run Show

Vibrating foam roller

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Alley and the Experts Week on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Strava.

0:08.5

Welcome to Alley and the Experts Week. We've heard from Running Coach Mary Johnson,

0:13.2

and we learned so much about nutrition from Kelly Hogan. That brings us to day three.

0:18.4

I'm thrilled to welcome my physical therapist, Bryn Fesetto-Neil, back to the Alley on the Run Show.

0:24.3

Bryn made her show debut way back on episode 21 when she yelled at me for not foam rolling.

0:29.6

You may remember that. Today, Bryn is back. Bryn is a physical therapist at

0:35.1

finish line physical therapy in New York City, but she's currently on maternity leave because

0:40.0

yay! She just welcomed her first baby girl, Jovi, like a week ago. If you've ever wondered

0:46.2

whether you're supposed to foam roll your IT band, why you keep getting injured, or how you

0:50.8

should actually be recovering from a long run, Bryn has got you covered. First on this episode,

0:55.9

we talked pre-hab, rehab, and specific injuries, and then we get into all things recovery,

1:01.0

stretching, and injury prevention. There's lots to address, so let's go!

1:11.2

Bryn Fesetto-Neil, welcome back to the Alley on the Run Show. You've been here before,

1:15.5

and I'm thrilled to welcome you back for Q&A Week. Yeah, thanks for having me. Last time was two

1:20.7

years ago. Things have changed. You are super pregnant right now. I am. I'm ready to pop.

1:27.0

All right, we can countdown. Well, it's very exciting. So what we're doing during Q&A week is we have

1:32.9

roughly 8 million questions for you to answer, but before we jump right in, we need to do the

1:38.7

disclaimer. We need to say the thing that protects us, which is first give us your expertise.

1:44.8

What are your, what are the letters that go after your name? I have my doctorate of physical therapy,

1:50.9

I've been practicing at Finishline Physical Therapy for the last nine years. I've taken

1:55.2

a tiny continuing ed courses in so many different things, which has led me in all the

1:58.8

contractions, so but I'm at Physical Therapists. Excellent, and you were on episode 21 of the Alley

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