#391 The Secret To Pain-Free Running (and Walking!) with Helen Hall (Re-release)

<p>Today’s episode is a re-release of a conversation I had just over 2 years ago, a few weeks after completing the London marathon for the very first time.&nbsp;I have decided to re-release it because I am seeing so much online about people being injured, struggling with their running, their walking or their sport. I believe that this conversation - and my wonderful guest - can help.</p><br><p>My guest is my dear friend, Helen Hall. Helen is a movement therapist, she's a running coach, a pain expert…in fact, to be frank, all of these labels feel a little bit limiting - in many ways, I would call her a detective for the human body.</p><br><p>Helen has had a lifelong passion for analysing posture and movement, and her clients include elite athletes as well as regular everyday folk who simply want to walk or run pain-free. She combines objective clarity from motion analysis technology, 46 years of visual experience, and study in the field, to seek out the root causes of chronic pain and injury that often seem resistant to standard treatment protocols.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Helen first shared her movement philosophy in her wonderful book <a href="https://amzn.to/3Da1Wxd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Even With Your Shoes On</em></a>. More recently, she has launched an online course called&nbsp;<a href="https://the-pfm-way.thinkific.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PFM Pilot</a>. It is aimed at both professionals working in the field of movement, pain, and injury, and also for amateurs keen to learn more and help themselves.</p><br><p>We look at the core principles of Helen’s approach. Awareness is everything and she teaches clients to really <em>notice</em> what their body is doing. Where is your head sitting? How are you using your arms? It’s only when you’ve noticed that you can begin to change. And changing means becoming more efficient – learning the adjustments that help you to move with freedom. Movement, Helen points out, is a ‘job share’. We need to be able to recruit as much of ou