
What Actually Happens To Your Body After You Run A Marathon
About this episode
Running a marathon pushes your body to its limits, leaving behind muscle damage, inflammation, and temporary immune system suppression. In this episode, we will chat through what happens to your body post race according to the research including changes in with cardiac biomarkers, hormones, and the "post marathon flu".
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- FREE 7 Day Trial to the Complete Runners Club
- Hip Program: At home rehab program for hip injuries including hip impingement, gluteal tendinopathy, low back soreness/pain, SIJ pain, psoas/hip flexor pain, piriformis syndrome and ITB syndrome
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- Foot and Ankle Program: At home rehab program for injuries including plantar fasciitis, shin splints, achilles tendinopathy, ankle sprains, posterior tibialis pain and big toe pain
- Toe Spacers (use discount code DRLISA10)
- Mobo Board (use discount code DRLISAMITRO10)
- My favorite running shoes and accessories
Research:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24408890/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37249222/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25467199/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16879068/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2266764/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31045685/
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