Mark Cucuzzella, MD on A Comprehensive Injury Prevention Plan
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
If you don't know Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, you're missing out.
He's a professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reservists. He designed the US Air Force Efficient Running Project and has presented running workshops on over 50 military bases.
Mark has been a national-level Masters runner, completed more than 100 marathon and ultra-marathon races, and is a two time winner of the Air Force Marathon. His PR? A staggering 2:24.
He's also strongly involved in the local West Virginia running community:
- race director of Freedom's Run race series
- owner of Two Rivers Treads in his hometown of Shepherdstown
Mark's new book, Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy is all of his expertise and experience distilled into one manual for preventing injury.
He's also on the Strength Running Podcast to discuss these topics in more detail.
We're focusing on three main areas of prevention:
- Running form: cues, mistakes, and big picture principles
- Barefoot running: how to get started and avoid injuries
- Lifestyle: what factors predispose you to getting hurt?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set, go! |
| 0:04.0 | This is episode 72 with Medical Doctor, 224 marathoner, race director of the Freedoms Run race series in West Virginia, director of the natural running center, and owner of Two Rivers Treads in Shepherds Town, West Virginia, Dr. Mark Kuketzella. |
| 0:30.6 | Here we are again, everyone. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Jason Fitzgerald, your host and the head coach of strength running. |
| 0:39.7 | I have an awesome show for you today that I'm super excited about because it's one of those conversations that has the potential, I think, to permanently alter the trajectory |
| 0:45.7 | of your running career. If you can internalize these lessons and apply them to your training, |
| 0:52.1 | I have no doubt that you're going to experience fewer injuries |
| 0:55.1 | and faster finishing times. I know that you'll be stronger, more stable, more athletic, |
| 1:01.8 | healthier, and we'll actually live a longer life. Now, look, I'll be the first to admit those are |
| 1:06.6 | bold claims, but our guest today delivers. and the implications of this advice to your running |
| 1:13.2 | career, health, and longevity are far-reaching. But before we get into my conversation with Dr. Mark |
| 1:19.6 | Kukadzella, I want to thank Steady MD for making this show possible. Steady MD pairs you |
| 1:25.5 | with a primary care doctor online, a doctor who really gets to know you, |
| 1:30.3 | listens to you, and has time for you, and not just any doctor, a doctor who is a fellow runner, |
| 1:35.9 | and who really understands training and the demands that that puts on your body. So if you're |
| 1:41.1 | dealing with an injury or are fearing the early warning signs of overtraining, |
| 1:45.3 | your doctor is available via phone, text, and video chat anytime. So go on over to Steadymd.com |
| 1:52.9 | slash strength running to learn more and reserve your spot. For athletes who need true |
| 1:59.0 | preventive care tailored to your medical needs and lifestyle, |
| 2:02.8 | learn more at steadymd.com slash strength running for all the details. All right, let's talk more about |
| 2:10.9 | our guest, Dr. Mark Kukadzella. He's a professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine |
| 2:16.7 | and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force reservists. |
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