Ep 40-Michael Nitschke SPARC Running podiatrist- on injury prevention and optimising performance!

For those runners struggling to get their heads around injury and poor performance this one is for you! This is ever green content. Being the running physio nerd I am this podcast is exactly the podcast I envisioned delivering to educate the running public on a concept I want more runners to understand. It’s absolute gold, some runners should listen to it three times over... it’s all about injury prevention and optimizing performance! So, listeners/fellow runners/coaches, forward this to any runner you know that is injury prone/ or has a tendency not to listen to training advice. Michael nitschke, is a sports podiatrist by trade but runner by blood. He completed his Bachelor of Podiatry in 2006 at University of South Australia. He’s now a Partner at the Sports & Arthritis Clinic (SPARC) in Adelaide, with some of the nation’s leading Sports & Exercise Physicians. He’s a Level II advanced running coach in middle and long distance running at the Adelaide Harriers Athletic Club. ‘It’s all about the wings!’ He’s also currently undertaking his Masters by Research at Adelaide University-his research is focused around the training characteristics of recreational runners and the relationship between performance and injury. Michael started his personal running career as more a high jumper and sprinter and over the years has gradually moved up in distance and volume! He currently has swift PBs of 15:05 for 5k, 31:23 for 10k, 71 for the ½ marathon and 2:33 for the marathon. He’s a man of so many hats!!!!!!! So, go to whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on and tune in!!!!! Reference: Wilt, F. (1972). Conditioning of runners for championship competition. JAMA, 221(9), 1017-1021.