What You (K)need to Know. A Workshop for Runners
Sign up now for this informative workshop, taught by a running technique expert and designed to help runners jog more efficiently, with less pain and injury.
Read more: What You (K)need to Know. A Workshop for RunnersSalt Lake Tennis and Health, 2471 S 1700 E, Salt Lake City, Utah
Saturday, September 21, 2024, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: $50
Call 801-487-3206 to register
taught by Jae Gruenke, GCFP
Jae Gruenke, GCFP, is a running technique expert, Feldenkrais Practitioner, and founder of The Balanced Runner™. Since 2003 she has helped over a million runners from beginner to Olympian improve their form to become pain-free, economical, and fast. Her elite clients have included Olympians Jen Rhines and Sonia Samuels, multiple record-setting ultramarathoner William Sichel, and Susan Marshall, winner of the 2022 Self-Transcendence 3100 (the world’s longest race).
Have you had to cut back on your running or even pull out of a race due to knee pain? Have you been to the doctor and the physical therapist, maybe been given a diagnosis of runner’s knee or IT band syndrome, and done a lot of planks, squats, lunges and clamshells, and still feel like you’re barely managing the problem… or even had it come back anyway?
The problem is likely not your knee itself, but that you’re running in a way that stresses your knee. You need to change how you move your whole body to remove that stress.
In this workshop, you’ll learn:
- which movement patterns stress the patellar tendon, IT band, and other parts of the knee
- how your feet hips, core, and upper body need to move to load your knee joint properly
- how it feels to make these changes so you can do it easily and safely without overthinking it
The great news is that when you do this, not only does your knee finally get better, but at the same time running gets easier and you actually get fasterbecause you’re fighting your body less. Instead, you’re moving your body the way it’s really supposed to work.
PLEASE NOTE: you do not need to be able to run currently in order to participate in this workshop. We’ll be using the Feldenkrais Method of Movement Education, which is gentle enough to be safe for injured runners but powerful enough to impact even those performing at the highest levels.
