How To Talk To Runners with Matt Phillips

Millions of people around the world regularly run for exercise and pleasure and become the identity of a runner. Yet when they need help from a healthcare clinician, some unique conversational challenges can occur with this patient group.On this episode Ben is joined by Matt Phillips, Sports Therapist and creator of Run Chat Live, where they discuss:(00:00) - Intro(00:51) - The Down Side Of Completing A Marathon (04:26) - Do Runners Have A Different Mentality?(08:54) - How To Support Someone To Reduce Their Running(12:86) – How To Encourage Other Forms Of Training(21:50) – Symptom Modification For Runners(24:44) – Myth Busting With Runners (And How Not To Do It)(33:59) – Not Everyone Wants To Be Involved In SharedDecision Making(39:51) – Matt’s Hardest Clinical Conversation(43:15) – One Of Matts Greatest Running Patient Achievements(46:59) – Run Chat Live, Sports Therapy Association Podcast& Matt’s Course You can find Matt across social media @runchatliveLink for “Gait Analysis for Runners” course:https://thestschool.co.uk/gait-analysis-course-dates/ You can find Ben across social media @BWhybrowPhysioSend in questions, stories or suggestions to [email protected] please subscribe & share 😊