How the Elites Stay Healthy: All-American Steepler Jonathan Pierce on Injury Prevention
About this episode
Jonathan Pierce discusses injury prevention and health strategies used by elite athletes.
Jonathan Pierce is an ART certified massage therapist, a Stanford All-American in the 3,000m steeplechase, and a former pro runner for Reebok, ASICS, and the Mammoth Track Club. Not only has he competed at the Olympic Trials, he's worked there as a therapist. He's also the founder of NOVOS Athlete in San Diego, a physical therapy and performance center for athletes. Jonathan joins us to discuss his experience working with elite athletes and how they approach the process of staying healthy. We also talk about: The training and mechanical causes of running injuries The role of movement in health and how quality movement is preventative How to determine if you have qualilty movement patterns and how to improve Don't miss our complimentary injury prevention series to learn even more about staying healthy! Thank you Lever! Lever is back as a sponsor and they're giving away a FREE Lever system! Enter today at this link (the giveaway runs through the end of March) and for a bonus entry, follow Lever and Jason on Instagram. Lever attaches to any treadmill and you hook into it like a harness. It effectively makes you lighter, enabling you to run more volume than you normally could with…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Fitzgerald
Guest: Jonathan Pierce
Topics covered
- injury prevention
- elite athletes
- running health
- physical therapy
- movement quality
Sponsors
Lever
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Reebok, ASICS, Mammoth Track Club, NOVOS Athlete, Stanford
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