s3/e23 The Different Between Rehab vs. Prehab with Dr. Marie Whitt, DPT (@dr.whitt.fit)
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
What's the difference between preventative work and rehabbing an injury? What is a physical therapist considering when you're coming in with an injury versus creating a preventative framework or targeting performance optimization? Dr. Marie Whitt, DPT (@dr.whitt.fit) rejoins the show to talk all things rehab vs prehab!
- What is rehab vs prehab?
- Differences in phases of injury rehab: where we start and where we're going
- Load, reps, and frequency
- Is rehab/prehab also strength training?
- When exercises serve more than one function (strength? mobility? power?)
- Time-savers for including "all the things" in your training
- How much strength training do you REALLY need?
- Key exercises to build strength and power
- Explosive vs reactive strength
- When is it time to see a physical therapist?
- FREE Strength Guide from Dr. Marie Whitt: https://drwhittfit.ck.page/strengthchallenge
Dr. Marie Whitt, DPT, is runner and a sports Physical Therapist. Her job is to help runners train smarter to get stronger, and be faster by improving movement so you can run your best and compete at your highest level!
https://www.drwhittfit.com
https://www.instagram.com/dr.whitt.fit
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explained podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.2 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.6 | If you're a new runner or you've been doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.0 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. My guest this week is |
| 0:27.0 | physical therapist Dr. Marie Witt. She is a four-time guest now on the show. We have had recent |
| 0:33.7 | conversations about shin splints. That was last year. And then in season one, we actually |
| 0:37.7 | had two episodes together. And we talked about cross training and feet. But this time, we are |
| 0:43.6 | talking about rehab versus prehab for runners. What is the difference? Where does the crossover happen |
| 0:51.0 | when something becomes rehab versus prehab? Of course, context matters. But many runners, |
| 0:58.6 | unfortunately, will experience at least one running related injury every year. And if you visit a |
| 1:04.8 | physical therapist, you may go through a process of doing exercises in your rehab that also look |
| 1:10.8 | like things you might already be doing |
| 1:13.3 | or should be doing that look like strength training or prehab or preventative or just |
| 1:20.5 | regular types of exercises you would include in your training anyways. So today we are talking about |
| 1:25.8 | the difference between when we are doing a |
| 1:28.6 | rehabilitative versus a prehabilitative or even a performance oriented series of exercises that |
| 1:36.4 | support you as a runner. Dr. Marie Witt, welcome back to the show. How are you? Hello. Thank you. |
| 1:43.4 | I am so happy to be here. I'm good. I'm in a new state. Life has been crazy. |
| 1:48.7 | We're back on the podcast. So you know what? Things are good. Season three appearance. I'm super |
| 1:53.6 | excited about this. And for people who are unfamiliar with you, because if they haven't had a chance |
| 1:59.2 | to listen to your three previous episodes, we did want about cross-training. We've talked about foot and basically your feet. And also super helpful and specific episode. I know we did last season about shin splints. If you are a shin splints, if you are a shin splint sufferer, like just stop listening to this one, go listen to that one and come on back. Tell us who you are and what you do. |
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