Talking Feet (+ More) with a Physical Therapist

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Calling all runners, walkers, and hikers: This episode is a must-listen for anyone who spends time on their feet! Recorded in front of a live audience in the guest’s just-opened PT studio, hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Britany Williams talk with Amy Benton, PT, DPT, a Portland-based physical therapist about feet and much more. In answering questions from attendees, Amy discusses: -several ways to massage + manipulate your feet; -why you should “close the gap of asymmetry” to avoid injury; -how to choose a running shoe; -a new way to approach IT band issues; and, -the surprising connection of your big toe to another body part! When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR.We appreciate your—and their—support! Use code INF-AMR to get a gift card good for your next purchase at Selkirk.com Sleep well: Use code AMR to get 40% off sitewide at bearmattress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Selkirk for its support. The industry leader in Pickleball, Selkirk makes paddles, shoes, apparel, and accessories that are perfect for all levels of players.
0:08.9	Use code INF-Amr to get a gift card for a future purchase at Selkirk.com.
0:24.8	Welcome to another mother runner.
0:26.4	This is Sarah Bowen-Shay.
0:29.1	I am joined today in person by Brittany Williams.
0:29.6	Hello, Brittany.
0:30.3	Hello, Sarah.
0:31.0	How are you doing today?
0:31.6	Good. And we are recording here at Prime Performance PT in Portland, Oregon with an audience.
0:41.7	Yeah, and that is because this studio just opened and because my absolutely favorite,
0:48.3	I think she's a miracle worker, physical therapist, Amy Benton is our guest today.
0:53.1	So welcome Amy Benton. Thank you, Sarah. Happy to be
0:55.8	here. Yeah. Yeah. So this was a long time coming. It was two and a half years to look for real estate
1:01.9	to build a clinic that meet our needs. And I'm happy to welcome you all to that new clinic. First
1:08.7	week open Monday we started. I know my son was one of your first
1:12.6	patients, I do believe, 10 a.m. on Monday. He was. Oh, wow. That's like that really, that really was
1:17.6	like one of the first. Yeah. He was the second. Okay, yeah. Okay. Wow. But he's my favorite.
1:25.7	Mine too.
1:28.9	That's great.
1:31.9	So, yeah, so kick things off.
1:37.4	Yeah, so I would love to hear about your athletic background and then eventually as well as your professional background.
1:39.6	Like, how did we get to where we are today in this room?
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