Ep 161 – Training Fundamentals for Treating Injured Runners with Tom Goom

💭’’There are three things we want to get in place first in terms of training: consistency, good recovery (including sleep), and sufficient fueling.’’ - Tom Goom

Our guest, Tom Goom is a physiotherapist with over 20 years of experience and a very keen runner! He graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in 2002 and since then has worked in clinics in the UK and overseas. His career started in Winchester where he worked in the NHS and developed a specific interest in lower limb rehab and joined the physio team at a semi-professional football club. Following the Tsunami in 2004 Tom travelled to Sri Lanka and did voluntary physiotherapy work in a hospital, teaching local staff, treating patients and fundraising for new equipment. Tom returned to the UK in 2006 and started working in Brighton as a senior physiotherapist. His interest in rehab continued to grow and he ran lower limb and spinal rehab groups as well a chronic pain programme. Tom started RunningPhysio in March 2012 to help those training for marathons that spring, since then it’s developed into a resource used by runners and clinicians all over the world. Tom has written for Running Fitness, Men’s Running UK, and the British Journal of Sports Medicine blog. His research in proximal hamstring tendinopathy has been published in the prestigious Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy.

Tom presents his Running Repairs Course internationally and online and his website, running-physio.com has gained a worldwide audience to become a go-to resource for many runners and therapists.

📚You will learn about:

• Key Principles of Training and Recovery: Focusing on consistency, recovery, fueling, volume, intensity, and more, especially for those returning from injury. 

• Integrating Rehab and Cross-Training: Practical strategies for incorporating these elements into weekly plans and treatment approaches for optimal results. 

• Addressing Pain, Injury, and Gait: Insights on managing pain and most common running injuries.

• Collaborating with Running Coaches: Exploring how working with coaches can improve patient outcomes.

🔎 Tom Goom’s resources of information: 

• Researchers: Richard Willy, Bryan Heiderscheit, JF Esculier, Bradley Neal, Christian Barton.

• Course: The Running Repairs Course

• Website: https://www.running-physio.com/

• Tom’s content is aimed at trained health professionals and is not designed to replace medical assessment or advice. Please see Terms & Conditions for more information.

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📲 Tom Goom’s contact information:

💻LinkedIn: Tom Goom

📸Instagram: @running.physio

🐦X: @tomgoom

🎥Link to interview on⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠

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