Learn more about Brodie's Research Database & AI Assistant 📄🔍For MORE Run Smarter Resources 🏃‍♂️📚- Including Free Injury Prevention Courses 🩹🎓- The Run Smarter Book 📖- Access to Research Papers 📄🔍- & Ways to Work with Brodie 🤝👟👉 CLICK HERE! 🎉✨In this month’s Latest Research episode, we break down five new papers added to the Run Smarter Research Library — including big updates on trail running performance, dynamic stretching, running stability, and emerging tendon therapies like ozone, collagen, and PRP.Whether you're a trail runner, road runner, or someone dealing with a stubborn tendon injury, this episode arms you with the latest insights to train smarter and reduce injury risk.In This EpisodeTrail Running: What Predicts Performance & Injury Risk?Paper: Analysis of Factors Influencing Injuries and Performance in Trail Running Key insights:Higher weekly volume, more elevation gain, more interval training, and structured recovery → lower injury riskSleep + passive recovery (massage, mobility, sauna, cold plunges) strongly linked to better performanceTaller runners had slightly higher injury riskPrepared tissue = safer tissueMore training is protective — but only when recovery is adequateDynamic Stretching: Does It Improve Neuromuscular Readiness?Paper: Acute Effects of Dynamic Stretching on Knee Joint Position Sense and Dynamic Balance in Recreational Runners Key insights:A 5-minute dynamic warm-up improved:Joint position senseSingle-leg balanceNeuromuscular “readiness”Runners were more accurate with limb positioning and more stable on Y-Balance TestDynamic Stability & Running Economy: Why Variability HelpsPaper: Runners with Lower Dynamic Stability Exhibit Better Running Economy Key insights:More step-to-step variability (“controlled chaos”) = better running economyStability didn’t change with speed → suggests an individual running “trait”Efficient runners aren’t rigid — they allow micro-adjustmentsOzone Therapy for Tendinopathy — An Emerging Option?Paper: Oxygen–Ozone Therapy in Tendinopathy Management Key insights:May reduce pain, improve function, and support collagen regenerationEarly evidence only; protocols varyAppears promising as an adjunct, not a standalone treatmentPorcine Collagen Injections for Proximal Hamstring TendinopathyPaper: Porcine Collagen Injection Therapy Affects Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy in Athletes Key insights:Return to sport:Collagen + rehab: 57 daysRehab only: 72 daysGreater functional improvements in the collagen groupStill small, preliminary studies

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