039 Dr. Sarah Colón Louie – Maintaining Hip Health & Bringing Hope to All Runners No Matter Their Story
Dec 17, 2024
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039 Dr. Sarah Colón Louie – Maintaining Hip Health & Bringing Hope to All Runners No Matter Their Story www.runnerclick.com Episode Summary
Dr. Sarah Colón Louie is a fellowship-trained Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in treating women runners with hip pain to enable them to return to running pain-free, faster, and with more confidence.
Today, Whitney and Dr. Sarah talk all about hip health, the role that hips play in our running, and tips and best practices for keeping them healthy. Dr. Sarah speaks to running hygiene, techniques for maintaining good hip health while running and advice for pregnant and postpartum runners.
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Key Takeaways
01:00 – Whitney Heins welcomes Dr. Sarah Colón Louie to the show to share her running origin story and what inspired her to become a physical therapist
07:43 – Why hip problems are so common among women
11:06 – The role of the hips in the gait cycle and exercises to help your hips while running
16:33 – How to know if you have full hip range of motion and promoting overall hip health
22:40 – Signs that you are suffering from hip issues
26:19 – Knowing what you can and cannot run through
29:36 – Home remedies for helping with hip discomfort after running
31:42 – Hip health for pregnant women and postpartum and advice Dr. Sarah would give to pregnant runners
37:58 – Whitney thanks Dr. Sarah for joining the show and sharing her wisdom
Tweetable Quotes
How I describe our bodies at a joint level, whether it’s in the hip or the back or knees, like our skin wrinkles on the outside of our face, our body is going to wrinkle on the inside of our body. So, we’re gonna have osteoarthritis.… Click To Tweet (08:18) (Dr. Sarah)
I would say that the hips - and even the low back going up one segment - is where everything stems from. Click To Tweet (12:03) (Dr. Sarah)
So, for us to figure out their level of comfort and then build them up on that, I really take into consideration their personal running hygiene and how they can run more comfortably. Click To Tweet (21:23) (Dr. Sarah)
I would say that the number one red flag as a runner that we want to watch out for is a bone stress injury, or a stress fracture to the hip. This is probably the number one thing that I am never going to ask a runner to run through.… Click To Tweet (26:46) (Dr. Sarah)
Working on a pelvic symmetry muscle energy technique is something that I love to do for my pregnant mom runners just to help reset their pelvis. And then I give them a ton of either double limb or single limb exercises - whatever they… Click To Tweet (33:12) (Dr. Sarah)
My word for the year is ‘hope.’ And I just want to bring hope to as many runners as I can and just get them to their goals no matter what their story looks like. Click To Tweet (38:23) (Dr. Sarah)
Links Mentioned
Whitney’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-heins-02ba3b5
The Mother Runners Club – https://www.themotherrunners.com/
Dr. Sarah’s Website – https://linktr.ee/legacyrunning
Link to Dr. Sarah’s Runners Self Checkup – https://www.legacyrehabandperformance.com/runnerselfcheckup
Dr. Sarah’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dr.sarah_thehipdoc/
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