TRAIL

This week, Matt speaks with Emeritus Professor Jill Cook about all things tendons! In this episode, Jill speaks about what a tendon is, how we load them, when to seek help and what to do once they feel better!

Emeritus Professor Jill Cook is an internationally renowned tendon expert who developed the 'continuum model of tendinopathy' alongside Professor Craig Purdam. Professor Cook has spent more than 25 years working in elite sports and has consulted for the NBA, The Australian Open & the IOC. Professor Cook has contributed to the careers of many sports physiotherapists and clinical researchers in Australia and overseas. 

On this episode of the podcast, Matt speaks with sports-science journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author Alex Hutchinson (P.h.D). Alex shares his experience running at the elite level, managing a knee injury, and the importance of maintaining a healthy relationship with running as a sport or hobby. Alex also speaks about whether humans have reached the physiological limit of performance and where the next big breakthrough is likely to come from.

Great to have TRAIL ambassador Ellie Pashley on the podcast to discuss all things running and her preparations for Tokyo 2020.

This week, Matt speaks with Jessica Rothwell. Jess is a sports dietitian and is the current high-performance nutrition lead at Athletics Australia. Jess also works at Olympic Park Sports Medicine and at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Prior to being a dietitian, Jess was a competitive race walker and has been the recipient of many AIS scholarships. 

If you're interested in learning more about sports nutrition, Jess suggests heading to:

https://www.sportsdietitians.com.au/

https://www.ais.gov.au/nutrition

On this week’s episode of the podcast Matt talks with Dr. Jo Kemp. Dr. Kemp is a practicing Sports Physiotherapist and Senior Research Fellow at The La Trobe University Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre. Jo’s research focuses on the management of hip pain in both adolescents and adults and emphasizes the importance of activity, function, and quality of life.

This week Matt speaks with avid runner and Dr Rich Willy. Rich is an Assistant Professor in the School of Physical Therapy at the University of Montana. Prior to moving to Montana, Rich obtained his PhD at The University of Delaware under the supervision of Professor Irene Davis (Born to Run fame). Rich still finds time to treat patients and is without a doubt one the world leads in the management of the injured runner.

This week, Matt chats with the lead investigator of the TRAIL Study Dr. Richard Johnston. In addition to being a post-doctoral researcher, Richie is an avid runner and can be found frequenting both Hunter Athletics & Recreation and RunStrong online training groups. In this episode, Richie speaks about his journey as a runner, physiotherapist and researcher, while also providing participants with an update on how the study is progressing. 

This week, Matt chats with Australian Marathon runner Julian Spence (2:14, lake Biwa, 2019), he represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019. Julian is the host of the popular "Inside Running Podcast" and owner of the Running Company in Ballarat and founder of RunStrong online coaching. Julian chats about how he got into running, what his current training looks like, and what to look for in a running shoe.

In this episode of the TRAIL podcast, Melissa Haberfield speaks with TRAIL Ambassador Ellie Pashley ahead of the upcoming London Marathon. Ellie speaks about her recent return from injury, the 'ins' and 'out' of the only Marathon to take place this year, her current training, advice around training for recreational runners, and the latest in race-ready footwear. The 2020 London Marathon will involve elite-athletes only and will take place on October 4.  

Christian Barton, BPhysio (Hon), PhD is a physiotherapist, with his research and practice focused on the management of persistent knee pain and osteoarthritis, and running-related injury. He is a current MRFF Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP), based at La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine (LASEM) Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia. He also leads numerous projects related to facilitating patient and health professional education via digital and social media through the Translating Research Evidence and Knowledge (TREK) initiative.

Christian is a Communications Masters (Journalism Innovation) graduate (2018), and the Director of Communications and Knowledge Translation Research lead at LASEM. He is an Associate Editor and Deputy Editor for Social Media at the British Journal of Sports Medicine and serves on the board of the Victorian Branch of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Association. Christian is regularly and invited speaker both nationally and internationally, presenting on knee pain and osteoarthritis, running injuries, and using digital and social media for science communication. He runs numerous courses on knee and patellofemoral pain, and running injury management in Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and Scandinavia.

Our guest on today’s podcast is none other than Dr. Peter Brukner. Peter is an Australian medical doctor who specializes in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Peter has worked as team doctor for The Liverpool Football Club, The Australian Olympic Team, The Australian Cricket Team, Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs and has a strong affiliation with the Melbourne University Blues Football Club and Powerhouse Men’s Hockey Club.

More recently, Peter has founded the non-for-profit initiative Sugarbyhalf and is the author of the popular book ‘A fat lot of good’. Peter is also the co-host of his own podcast titled “Brukie and Burgo” where, he and High Performance Guru Darren Burgess dive into the world of health and performance.

In part 2 of this 2 part series, Peter and Matt discuss the role of inflammation, the influence that nutrition can have on inflammation, and what we can learn about the importance of nutrition on managing the capacity to run. 

Our guest on today’s podcast is none other than Dr. Peter Brukner. Peter is an Australian medical doctor who specializes in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Peter has worked as team doctor for The Liverpool Football Club, The Australian Olympic Team, The Australian Cricket Team, Collingwood and Melbourne Football Clubs and has a strong affiliation with the Melbourne University Blues Football Club and Powerhouse Men’s Hockey Club.

More recently, Peter has founded the non-for-profit initiative Sugarbyhalf and is the author of the popular book ‘A fat lot of good’. Peter is also the co-host of his own podcast titled “Brukie and Burgo” where, he and High Performance Guru Darren Burgess dive into the world of health and performance.

In part 1 of this 2 part series, Peter and Matt discuss Peter's involvement in medicine, elite-level sport and how a personal experience made him re-evaluate his approach to nutrition.

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is recreational runner Tyler Scarce. As well as being the face of TRAIL, Tyler is an accomplished recreational runner (since 2012) and has run a total of 11 marathons (since 2013). Most recently, Tyler ran the Berlin Marathon in September 2019 and crossed the finish line in a blistering 2 hours and 44 minutes. Tyler has a history of knee injuries and has in fact had knee surgery.

Our first guest on the TRAIL podcast is Australian long-distance runner, Ellie Pashley. Ellie currently holds Olympic qualifying times for the 10K and the Marathon. In addition to being an elite-level runner, Ellie is a physiotherapist working in Torquay.