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🧠 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Join Brodie as he breaks down the latest running research from May 2025, giving you science-backed insights to run smarter, reduce injury risk, and boost performance. In this episode, you’ll explore:

📌 Featured Research Summaries:

1. Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running

How increasing your cadence by 10% can reduce knee pain — especially patellofemoral pain.
Why combining cadence, footwear (lower heel drop), and orthoses yields the best biomechanical results.
Why cadence alone might be the most powerful, accessible change you can make.

2. Foot Strike & Tibial Loading

Forefoot striking increases tibial stress by 15–16%—why this matters for runners with a history of shin splints or stress fractures.
How exaggerating a heel strike decreased tibial load—especially useful for runners recovering from bone stress injuries.
Don’t be fooled by impact forces: internal loading tells a more important story.

3. Diagnosing Iliopsoas Tendinopathy

A new test (the HEC Test) combining hip flexion + external rotation had a 94% sensitivity and 88% specificity.
Why this figure-4 movement is now one of the best clinical tools for groin pain.
How a guided injection was used to confirm accuracy — and what this means for runners with chronic hip pain.

4. Trail Running Safety Insights

Based on real-world fatal incidents reported in the news.
Top causes of death: hypothermia, cardiac arrest, and falls.
Actionable tips for recreational trail runners:
- Plan your route and let someone know.
- Bring layers and an emergency blanket — even for short runs.
- Use a GPS tracker and whistle.
- Know the symptoms of heatstroke and hyponatremia.

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