How to Learn From Any Injury (So You Stay Healthier) with Physiotherapist Brodie Sharpe

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Nov 13, 2025

Brodie Sharpe, a physiotherapist specializing in endurance runners and host of the Run Smarter podcast, shares invaluable insights on recovering from running injuries. He discusses viewing injuries as clues to root causes, like training mismanagement and lifestyle factors like sleep and stress. Brodie emphasizes the importance of tracking training loads and addressing weak points with tailored strategies. He encourages runners to treat training as an experiment and to be grateful for injury-free days, celebrating progress rather than rushing back to peak performance.

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INSIGHT

Load Versus Capacity Is The Root Cause

Most running injuries come from a mismatch between training load and recovery capacity.
Identifying the original training change is the first step to preventing recurrence.

INSIGHT

Sleep And Recovery Drive Injury Risk

Under-recovery factors like poor sleep or nutrition often underlie injury risk even when training seems unchanged.
Research shows bad sleep raises next-week injury risk by about 32%.

ADVICE

Record The Change That Triggered It

Capture what changed when the injury appeared and write it down as a training error.
Use that record to make specific rules so you don't repeat the same mistake.

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Brodie Sharpe is a physiotherapist, the host of the Run Smarter Podcast, and author of Run Smarter.

As a Physical therapist who specializes in endurance runners, Brodie Sharpe takes a holistic approach to injury prevention. He helps runners learn how to correct mistakes and work with their bodies to get healthy. Brodie emphasizes the importance of looking at training as well as your lifestyle around it, since every aspect of what you do impacts how you feel and perform.

This episode focuses on how to learn from a running injury:

how to figure out what caused it
the training changes needed to prevent it from recurring
how to update your preparation to make yourself more resilient
what to do if you can't figure out the reason + and a lot more

To learn more about the process of staying healthy (there's a strategy!), get our free prevention series here.

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