Episode 79: How a Physical Therapist (and 2:24 Marathoner) Prevents Injuries

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Verrelle Wyatt is a 2:24 marathoner, 4:18 miler, and an Athletic Hall of Famer for his high school. He received his doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from Walsh University in Ohio.

He has two medical licenses in both Physical Therapy and Sports Physical Therapy in addition to being certified as both a Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) and Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES).

In this conversation, we discuss a lot:

His experience working with Cirque du Soleil athletes
How having a doctoral degree in PT has informed his running
The training that led Verrelle to a 2:24 marathon
How to avoid the common injury mistakes that land runners in his office

This episode is an excerpt from our full conversation for Team Strength Running, Strength Running's affordable group coaching program.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.8	This is episode 79 with 224 marathoner, physical therapist and certified performance enhancement
0:10.8	specialist, Mr. Verel Wyatt.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast, everyone. My name is Jason Fitzgerald and I'm
0:27.6	going to be your host today on a very wide-ranging deep dive discussion with a
0:32.2	physical therapist who's also run a
0:34.3	224 marathon. That runner is Mr. Verel Wyatt, a former physical therapist to
0:40.4	Cirqueous Soleil athletes and a certified corrective exercise specialist.
0:45.0	He's a 4-18 miler, so he's got some great range in addition to his competitive marathon.
0:50.6	But what I think you're going to really love about this conversation is how a physical therapist who's also a high performing runner thinks about the sport about training and more specifically injuries and how to prevent them.
1:04.5	So we're going to discuss everything from how his experience as a PT impacts his own running
1:10.6	to his views on how to stay healthy as a high mileage runner. We're also diving
1:14.6	into exactly what his two certifications mean, both the performance enhancement
1:20.0	specialist and the corrective exercise specialist.
1:24.0	Finally, Veril is going to put on his physical therapist hat and think back to all the
1:28.8	athletes and runners that he sees to talk about the common mistakes that land those athletes in his office.
1:35.0	The goal here is to give you an inside look at how runners end up injured
1:40.0	so you can have a little bit more foresight when it comes to your own
1:44.0	training. Now I do want to mention that this discussion is an excerpt from my
1:48.5	full conversation with Verel which is for our group coaching program team strength running.
1:53.5	We do a new interview every month for our members
1:56.5	and I pull in all kinds of elite runners,
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