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Physical therapist based in Villeray & NDG specialized in treating & preventing running injuries 🏃‍♂️

Je suis un physiothérapeute basé à Villeray qui se spécialise dans le traitement et la prévention des blessures à la course à pied 🏃‍♂️

04/26/2026

I strongly believe that objective testing of quadriceps and hamstring muscle is the bare minimum for ACL reconstruction rehabilitation; however from what a lot of patients that have seen other physios before me told me, this is apparently not a common belief among my peers.

How can you expect a physical therapist or actually anybody to properly measure quad strength using only manual muscle testing? This means when the physical therapist is pushing on your foot with his hand in order to assess your strength.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/25/2026

This is a trend I've noticed in many of the patients I've treated post-ACL surgery. In the first three months when your knee is all swollen up and you can barely move your knee properly, you're very diligent with your exercises. You do them every day as prescribed. Next slide.

At the three-month mark there's often a dip in discipline. My patients start reporting to me that they're doing them less consistently. Maybe they're doing them only every other day instead of every day and then progress starts to slow down.

This is a danger point that I've pinpointed. At that level your knee strength is far from 100% yet. You still have a lot of work to do so don't slack on discipline just because things are getting better.
Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

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04/24/2026

Every day I have runners that are disappointed that their body is not allowing them to progress towards their goal like they would want to. I can relate to that truly because I've been there and I've done that. I know what it's like to want to progress so badly but to have to hold back because you start feeling some aches and pains. I know what it's like to have to postpone a goal because your body is not getting ready for it.

Apart from all of my clinical expertise regarding running pathologies and on-field experience, I believe that this personal experience with running injuries is what sets me apart the most in my practice.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/23/2026

Stick to the fundamentals. Runners have been recovering properly from their training long before foam rollers and massage guns were invented. If your sleep, nutrition, and stress levels are not on point, no amount of money is gonna fix that.

That's not to say that foam rollers and massage guns are completely useless. They do have a time and place but this reel is just to emphasize the necessity of optimizing what truly matters before worrying about gadgets.
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Restez sur les bases.

Les coureurs récupéraient déjà correctement bien avant l’arrivée des foam rollers et des pistolets de massage.

Si votre sommeil, votre nutrition et votre gestion du stress ne sont pas optimisés, aucune dépense ne viendra compenser cela.

Cela ne veut pas dire que les foam rollers et les pistolets de massage sont inutiles — ils ont leur place.

Mais avant de vous concentrer sur les gadgets, assurez-vous d’optimiser ce qui compte vraiment.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/22/2026

Are there exceptions to this? Of course, but what is the point ultimately of running a marathon with not enough preparation? At the end of the day, even if you succeed, the most beneficial thing about training for a marathon is the training itself.

The journey before the destination. Being able to wake up early and plan for multiple runs in your schedule for months on end in order to achieve that objective.

04/21/2026

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/20/2026

There's nuances to this. Years of dieting and nutrition toxicity aren't going to be undone with a simple Instagram pep talk video. One thing I know for sure is that if you only run with the main goal of losing weight, you're not going to get really far.

Il y a des nuances à cela. Des années de régimes et de relation toxique avec la nutrition ne vont pas se régler avec une simple vidéo de motivation sur Instagram. Une chose dont je suis certain, c’est que si vous courez uniquement dans le but de perdre du poids, vous n’irez pas très loin.

04/19/2026

The reason why so many beginner runners get injured is that they do the pyramid of running progression backwards. They introduce too much volume and too much intensity in their workouts without having the proper frequency to back it up. You have to start by just being consistent.

If you just do some speed workouts, though, even though you're only running two times a week and even running for two months, then the chances are you're gonna get injured.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/18/2026

An advice we always see all the time is to do most of our runs at a Zone 2 easy pace.

But what does that actually mean, and why does it matter? An easy run is basically a jog where you can easily talk while running. You should be able to maintain a conversation during the entire workout.

They are so important because they allow your body to accumulate more volume without being nearly as fatiguing or stressful as harder, faster runs.

Although it may be more motivating and cooler to do some kind of speed workout that you saw an athlete do on social media, the real work comes during those recovery runs and long easy runs.

By neglecting easy runs, you risk accumulating a lot of fatigue in your legs during your training and getting injured, resulting in much more loss of progress.
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Un conseil que l’on voit tout le temps est de faire la majorité de ses courses à une allure facile, en zone 2.

Mais qu’est-ce que cela signifie réellement, et pourquoi est-ce important ? Une course facile est essentiellement un jogging pendant lequel vous pouvez parler sans difficulté. Vous devriez être capable de maintenir une conversation pendant toute la durée de l’entraînement.

Elles sont très importantes parce qu’elles permettent à votre corps d’accumuler plus de volume sans être aussi fatigantes ou stressantes que des courses plus rapides et intenses.

Même s’il peut être plus motivant et plus impressionnant de faire des séances de vitesse que vous avez vues chez des athlètes sur les réseaux sociaux, le vrai travail se fait pendant ces courses de récupération et ces longues sorties faciles.

En négligeant les courses faciles, vous risquez d’accumuler beaucoup de fatigue dans vos jambes pendant votre entraînement et de vous blesser, ce qui entraînera une perte de progression encore plus importante.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

04/17/2026

What are the best shoes to prevent injuries? That is a question I often get from my runners, and to that I always answer them with my own question: What shoes do you currently wear?

Because that's the thing: there is no superior injury prevention running shoe, no matter what the whatever stores are trying to sell you. It's all about what your body is already used to.

If you've been wearing a certain type of shoe for the last 10 years, your body's bones, muscles, and tendons are already adapted to those shoes. Any drastic changes from them will take a period to get used to.

That's not to say that you can never change shoes ever, but if your new shoes are drastically different from your current ones, your body will need some time to adapt to them. That's where a decrease in volume and load comes in.

04/16/2026

Welcome to my new series on injury prevention for runners. For the first topic, we're going to talk about the difference between cardio fitness and tissue capacity. This is because so many of my runners tell me that they feel really fit during their runs and that their run actually feels easy, and yet they still end up with pain and injuries.

That is because they don't properly understand that difference. Just because your heart can handle a run doesn't mean your body can, and your body is always going to take longer to adapt than your aerobic system. Understanding this and taking the proper time to strengthen your bones, muscles, and tendons is going to help you prevent many injuries.

04/15/2026

You're in the middle of race prep. It's going great. You're crushing PRs every week, you feel better than ever, and you even run faster than what your program is prescribing. You feel ready for race day.

But this is when you're at your highest risk of injury. Your physiological capacity is peaking. That means your cardiovascular endurance and your overall feeling of ease during the races is at an all-time high.

But that doesn't mean your body is ready. Tissue capacity means your muscles and your bones' tolerance to running always takes more time to adapt in your heart.

Listen to your body. Don't ignore any aches and pains during this period. Drop the ego. If anything feels off, drop the volume before your body forces you to, with an injury.
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Tu es en pleine préparation pour une course. Tout se passe super bien. Tu bats des records personnels chaque semaine, tu te sens mieux que jamais, et tu cours même plus vite que ce que ton programme te prescrit. Tu te sens prêt pour le jour de la course.

Mais c’est justement à ce moment-là que ton risque de blessure est le plus élevé. Ta capacité physiologique est à son maximum. Cela signifie que ton endurance cardiovasculaire et ta sensation de facilité pendant la course sont à leur plus haut niveau.

Mais ça ne veut pas dire que ton corps est prêt. La capacité des tissus — c’est-à-dire la tolérance de tes muscles et de tes os à la course — met toujours plus de temps à s’adapter que ton cœur.

Écoute ton corps. N’ignore pas les petites douleurs pendant cette période. Mets ton ego de côté. Si quelque chose te semble anormal, réduis ton volume avant que ton corps ne t’y oblige avec une blessure.

Wanna work with me 🏃‍♂️?
I'm available for booking for in-person visits in the Villeray and Plateau area in Montreal.
Appointment link + contact in my bio.

Address

376 Victoria Avenue, 3rd Floor
Westmount, QC
H3Z1C3

Telephone

+14388010417

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