Episode 180 · July 2026
Patellofemoral pain 4 - How to get runners back on track (and trails, hills and anywhere else they run!)
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) rehabilitation doesn't end when your patient gets stronger.
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Running injury resources for clinicians
Whether you’ve come from the Physio Edge podcast, social media or a colleague’s recommendation, this is the one place to find our running injury resources for clinicians.
We help physiotherapists, physical therapists and health professionals build their clinical knowledge and confidence through practical online education.
Our running injury education is led by Tom Goom (Running Physio). Tom has been teaching with us for over a decade through the Running Repairs Online course, which we host, along with regular appearances on the Physio Edge podcast.
Explore the free resources from Tom and Clinical Edge below, or take a closer look at the Running Repairs Online course to deepen your knowledge and develop your approach to running injuries.
Free patellofemoral pain masterclass
Patellofemoral pain in runners: from first consult to full return to running
with Tom Goom (Running Physio)
- Free to watch
Why do some runners recover, and others keep coming back “no better”?
Patellofemoral pain is one of the most common injuries you’ll see in runners — and one of the most likely to come back. More than half of patients continue to have long-term symptoms years later, even after rehab that you’ve successfully used with other patients.
In this masterclass, Tom walks you through his “Four pillars” framework of running injury treatment, applied to a real runner with patellofemoral pain. You’ll see the assessment and differential diagnosis, gait analysis, exercise progressions and clinical reasoning demonstrated in full, including a real patient case worked through from start to finish.
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Running injury assessment sheet
Tom’s assessment sheet for runners. Use this in your initial consults with runners, to help remember the questions you need to ask and assessment tests to perform.
The course
Running Repairs Online Course with Tom Goom
An online course for clinicians who want to assess, diagnose and treat running injuries with confidence. It covers the whole runner, from assessment tests, diagnosis, training load and gait through to exercises, return-to-running guidance, tendons, bone stress and complex cases with recurring pain.
You’ll get immediate on-demand access to practical video demonstrations, case studies, handouts and exercise libraries. Study at your own pace, with live Q&A sessions with Tom through the year.
Who it’s for
Physiotherapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, podiatrists, sports doctors and exercise scientists, whether you’re new to treating runners or want a more systematic approach.
What’s inside
Assessment and diagnosis
- Subjective assessment
- Objective testing
- Footwear and shoe selection
Gait analysis and retraining
- Analysing running gait
- Simple cues that aid recovery
Strength, conditioning and plyometrics
- Strength and conditioning
- Power development
- Run-through mastery
Load, recovery and return to running
- Training load
- Return to running
- Recovery strategies
Tendons
- Tendinopathy
- Achilles in detail
- Proximal hamstring
- Tricky tendons
Bone, foot, hip, knee and back
- Bone stress injuries
- Plantar heel pain
- ITB and patellofemoral pain
- Lateral hip pain
- Muscle pain
- Low back pain in runners
- Complex cases
Plus Track Pack assessment forms, infographics, exercise handouts, research summaries and recorded Q&As with Tom.
Start your step by step journey to become a running injury expert
Choose your ticket and get immediate access to the entire Running Repairs Online course.
From Running Repairs Online Course graduates
“The Running Repairs course has been the best continuing education course I have ever taken. The course consistently refers to studies to back up the information given, which makes me so confident in what I am prescribing to my patients.”
“Loved the course. Huge amount of high quality content, very thorough and clinically applicable.”
“Easily accessible, great and relevant information. It’s helped with load management and guiding patients back to running with programs. My treatment has improved a lot.”
“There’s a lot of misleading info out there about running injury treatment. The Running Repairs Online Course is really in depth, and I’m now using a systematic approach to make sure I don’t miss anything.”
Free video series and infographics
Free resources to help you with running injuries
3-part video seriesAchilles tendinopathy video series
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Achilles tendinopathy, for runners, walkers and sporting patients. Tom’s most popular free series.
4-part infographic seriesTricky tendons infographics
Assessment and treatment of stubborn lower limb tendinopathies, one infographic a day for four days.
3-part video seriesSolving shin pain in runners
Assess and treat medial tibial stress syndrome and the other causes of shin pain in runners.
3-part video seriesITB syndrome video series
Lateral knee pain in runners, cyclists and rowers: what’s going on, and what to do about it.
Each resource comes with a short email series from Tom with practical running injury tips. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Physio Edge podcast
Physio Edge podcast episodes on running injuries
Every episode with Tom Goom, newest first. Tap a card to listen on the Clinical Edge site.
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Episode 179 · July 2026Patellofemoral pain 3 - Effective rehab that won't flare their symptoms
Strengthening exercises are a key part of successful patellofemoral pain (PFP) rehabilitation.
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Episode 178 · July 2026Patellofemoral pain 2 - What to do when runners won't reduce their training
Many runners patellofemoral pain (PFP) is aggravated by the activity they love.
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Episode 177 · June 2026Patellofemoral pain 1 - Why it has such a high recurrence rate, and what most rehab plans miss
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is one of the most common running injuries, and the high recurrence rate can make it a frustrating injury for patients to experience and clinicians to…
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Episode 173 · August 2025Hip flexor pain in runners: Diagnosis, myths, and rehab
Anterior hip pain is often blamed on the hip flexors, but in runners, that's rarely the diagnosis.
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Episode 169 · March 2025Beyond stretching: How to create lasting flexibility
Static stretching has long been used to improve flexibility, but research shows its effects are often short-lived.
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Episode 167 · November 2024Bones, them strong bones: How to use bone loading programs
Bone strength and density are vital in your running and sporting patients who can experience bone stress injuries (BSI's), and also as patients get older and more vulnerable to…
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Episode 162 · April 2024Three top tips for treating runners with a meniscal injury
How can you treat patients who experience knee pain and swelling during and after running?
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Episode 158 · August 2023Hip dysplasia treatment
How can you successfully treat hip pain and instability associated with your patients' hip dysplasia?
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Episode 156 · June 20233 types of hip dysplasia and how to identify them
Hip dysplasia is a commonly missed cause of hip and groin pain.
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Episode 154 · May 2023Hip dysplasia key signs and symptoms
Hip dysplasia is a commonly missed cause of hip and groin pain, catching, clicking, locking or popping, resulting from lack of coverage of the femoral head by the acetabulum.
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Episode 152 · March 2023When should patients permanently stop running?
After injury or surgery, a lot of runners are told to stop running for different reasons.
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Episode 151 · March 2023Does strength training reduce running injury risk?
Will strength training help your patients reduce their risk of running injury and improve their running performance?
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Episode 150 · February 2023Top tips for treating marathon runners
Marathon runners often come to us with pain, but also they need to build up their mileage in preparation for one of the most challenging events in endurance sport.
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Episode 149 · February 2023How to settle symptoms and make progress when pain is a barrier
How can you settle symptoms and make progress with patients, when pain is a significant barrier to performing the rehab that will help them get back to the things they want to do?
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Episode 143 · April 2022Key recovery strategies for physical and mental health
What strategies can you recommend to your patients that are recovering from injury or increasing their training to help improve physical recovery?
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Episode 141 · March 2022How to reduce patellofemoral pain & load
Patients with anterior knee pain may have pain with activities that load the patellofemoral joint (PFJ), such as squatting, going up or down stairs, and running.
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Episode 139 · March 2022Shockwave for Achilles tendinopathy?
Can shockwave improve pain and function in Achilles tendinopathy patients that fail to improve with rehab?
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Episode 135 · February 2022Rehab calf strain patients effectively
Calf strains are common in runners, footballers, dancers and other athletes.
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Episode 133 · February 2022How to assess and treat calcaneal stress fractures
Calcaneal bony stress injuries or fractures are often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated as insertional Achilles tendinopathy or plantar heel pain, leading to worsening pain a…
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Episode 129 · August 2021How important is strength in running injury?
When patients have a running injury, such as knee pain or Achilles tendinopathy, do we need to include strength training in their rehab?
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Episode 126 · July 20213 signs of Plantaris involvement in Achilles Tendinopathy
When your patient with Achilles tendon pain isn't progressing as well as you hoped, could Plantaris be implicated in their pain?
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Episode 124 · July 2021What do foam rolling and stretching do to the ITB?
What do foam rolling and stretching do to the ITB?
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Episode 119 · April 2021Suspect a stress fracture?
Stress fractures and bone stress injuries in running patients need to be identified early, to allow recovery before the injury worsens and requires extensive time away from runn…
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Episode 91 · June 2019Return to running - a guide for therapists
When you love running or any other sport or activity, having to take time off with an injury is really frustrating.
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Episode 84 · September 2018Running injury treatment - tendinopathy, MTSS, total hip replacement & high BMI patients. Q&A
How can you manage lower limb tendinopathy in your patients that like to run?
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Episode 83 · September 2018Running gait retraining, strengthening, glutes & ITB syndrome. Q&A
What are the key components when assessing and treating runners?
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Episode 76 · January 2018Footwear advice for running injuries
There are a lot of myths around footwear, and your patients with running injuries will often blame an "incorrect shoe" choice for their injury, or believe that getting the "righ…
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Episode 66 · June 2017How to treat calf pain in runners
Experiencing increasing calf pain with running can be an incredibly frustrating experience for your running patients, especially when it is severely limiting or stopping them fr…
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Episode 65 · June 2017Differential diagnosis of calf pain in runners
When your patients present with calf pain, do you have a clear understanding of the likely causes and potential differential diagnosis?
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Episode 64 · June 2017What is causing calf pain in runners and how can you assess it
One of the most popular blogposts of all time on Tom Goom's website running-physio.com is on how to manage calf tears in runners .
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Episode 62 · May 2017How to treat plantar fasciopathy in runners
How can you treat plantar fasciopathy?
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Episode 61 · May 2017How to assess & diagnose plantar fasciopathy in runners
Assessment and diagnosis is vital in planning your plantar fasciopathy treatment program, and successfully returning your patients to activity and running.
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Episode 60 · May 2017Plantar fasciopathy in runners
Plantar fasciopathy is one of the most common causes of foot pain in runners and non-athletes alike.
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Episode 59 · May 2017Running Injuries - What are the most important factors? A group discussion with Tom Goom, Greg Lehman & Dr Christian Barton
How can you identify the most important factors involved in your patients running injuries?
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Episode 58 · April 2017How to monitor your athletes workload
Your athletes workload consists of the amount of running, training and matches performed.
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Episode 57 · April 2017Advanced Running Tests & Optimising Performance
Helping our running patients recover and return to running following injury is our primary rehab priority, however we may also have the opportunity to help improve their running…
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Episode 56 · April 2017How to assess your patient's running capacity and performance
Identifying how much running each of your patients can perform (their load capacity) during their rehabilitation is a skill.
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Episode 46 · May 2016Proximal hamstring tendinopathy
Proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) occurs in athletes, runners, weightlifters, and other athletes, as well as more sedentary patients, causing pain at the hamstring origin an…
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