175. Injury Expert Jay Dicharry on the 4 Physical Skills Needed for Pain-Free Running
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Jay Dicharry is a physical therapist who rose to prominence as an expert in biomechanical analysis as Director of the SPEED Clinic at the University of Virginia.
He has written two books that are highly recommended for our community: Anatomy for Runners and Running Rewired. Jay also consults for several footwear companies, the US Air Force, and USA Track and Field.
Recently, Jay created and founded MOBO Board, an innovative foot stability tool.
In this episode we talk about the 4 skills that Jay deems absolutely necessary for healthy, pain-free running. Those are postural control, rotational stability, hip dominance, and individual skeletal alignment. We go into detail on all of these, talking about what they are, why they’re important, and how to build these skills into your training.
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| 0:00.0 | Ready? |
| 0:02.0 | Say, go. |
| 0:04.0 | This is episode 175 with physical therapist and author of anatomy for runners and running rewired, |
| 0:11.0 | an expert in biomechanics and creator of the Moboo board, Mr. J Descherry. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald. In the episode you're |
| 0:29.6 | about to listen to features the author of some of my favorite books for runners |
| 0:34.0 | Mr. Jay Desheri. You're going to learn about the physical skills that are needed to |
| 0:38.2 | stay healthy and prevent your next big running injury. Jay is one of the |
| 0:42.4 | foremost physical therapists and |
| 0:44.3 | injury specialists in the country and I can't wait to bring you this conversation. |
| 0:48.3 | But before we start I want to make sure we're all running in the same lane here. |
| 0:52.4 | On this show you can expect conversations between me and the thought leaders in the running industry. |
| 0:57.8 | The coaches, performance experts, physical therapists, psychologists, elite athletes, registered dieticians, all who can help you |
| 1:07.4 | elevate your performance. |
| 1:09.4 | While you have to do the work, my goal is to show you the most strategic ways to do that work, to work smarter and |
| 1:15.6 | more productively, so you can take your running to new heights. |
| 1:19.4 | Because when you better understand the process of improvement, when you recognize knowledge as a competitive advantage. |
| 1:25.3 | You'll make better decisions about your training, leading to more effective running, fewer injuries and faster races. |
| 1:35.0 | Don't miss all of our other resources that can help you bring your running to the next level. We have a video channel at YouTube. |
| 1:38.8 | com slash strength running where I answer your questions, show you effective strength and |
| 1:45.0 | of your questions, show you effective strength and core routines, and talk through some of your most pressing training issues. |
| 1:48.0 | And of course, our home base is Strengthrunning.com. |
| 1:52.0 | For more than 10 years, we've been helping runners level up |
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