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This is episode 36 with Orthopedic Surgeon, the previous director of sports medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, and author of the new book, That's Got a Hurt, The Injuries That Changed Sports Forever, Dr. David Geyer.

Hey-oh, welcome back, everyone.

It's Jason, and we're here again with another podcast.

But before we dive into today's show, I do want to give a special thanks to all of our listeners who made episode 25 with Tony Gentlecore on why runners need to lift our most popular podcast to

date. Thank you so much. Tony is a real pro and someone who really understands the value of

functional lifting, especially for runners.

If you haven't already, give that episode a listen, and I think you'll start to realize why

I don't even consider strength training to be cross-training. It's just part of the normal

training that runners need to do. Okay, let's start today's episode. I'm speaking with Dr. David Geyer. He's an orthopedic

surgeon and an author who helps athletes at every level and in every sport better manage their

injuries. He has a site at Dr. David Geyer.com and with a tagline like sports medicine simplified,

I knew I had someone who I needed to speak with.

He has a new book out called That's Got a Hurt, the Injuries That Changed Sports Forever,

and it's a fascinating look at how sports medicine has actually changed the sports that we all love.

But this episode is a little different.

We're talking about injury risks and considerations

for younger runners, those who are in middle school or high school or even younger. Now, many

of you know that I have two daughters. They're four and two. And, you know, besides attempting some of

the exercises from the stand-up warm-up with dad or racing

each other down the sidewalk, they don't know anything about training or exercise or any of

the lovely topics that we geek out on on this podcast, nor should they. But there is something

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