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Hurdle with Emily Abbate

#HURDLEMOMENT: A Physical Therapist's Take on Navigating Popular Running Injuries

Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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Health & Fitness

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

I chatted all about injury in #hurdlemoment a few weeks back, but in today's episode I'm bringing in reinforcements. Meet Blake Dircksen: a physical therapist at Bespoke Treatments in Midtown Manhattan. We're focusing on how to navigate pain as a runner, and the best way to handle the most common injuries. Spoiler alert: You can often run through it, he says. We also rap on the benefits of cross-training and when is the RIGHT time to seek help when you're feeling like something's off. 

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0:00.0

Hey, hurdlers. Emily Abadi here with another installment of Hurtle moment from Hurtle,

0:06.2

a podcast to talk to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they got through

0:11.2

tough times, hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness. Today, I'm going to be diving into a little

0:18.0

bit more about the topic of injury. I got a lot of really great

0:21.8

feedback from you guys after I posted the How to Deal with Injury Hurtle moment. And I knew

0:28.3

that I needed to get a little bit deeper. So I reached out to my friend Blake. He is a physical

0:35.3

therapist at bespoke treatments in Midtown. Let me tell you,

0:39.6

the guys there, the team there, they're outstanding, highly recommend them. They have gotten me

0:44.9

through hell and back when it comes to really scary injuries that come a little too close to

0:51.0

race day sometimes. And I'm so grateful for them. So I reached out to Blake and

0:55.6

we sat down and talked a little bit more about the topic of injury. Before we get to more on that,

1:00.9

a quick shout out to a hurdle moment's sponsor this week, Wollico. Guys, last week's event that I

1:07.7

had with Wollico was one of the most special things I have done since

1:13.3

starting hurdle. You know, I'll have a lot of fun at these live podcast events, but this was

1:19.1

different. You know, we went for that run, but then we came back and made an open, vulnerable dialogue

1:23.6

about some of the tough stuff that we're going through these days. I'd say the night

1:27.9

as a whole just really embodied what Wallaco is all about, not only making really great product,

1:33.3

I personally am in love with their Walker crop tank, but also just the desire to connect with their

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consumer on a deeper level. If you're in the New York City area and you want to get involved,

1:43.3

definitely check out their

1:44.2

Walgo Wednesdays.

1:45.3

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