Acclaimed podiatrist and passionate runner, Michael Nitschke is the founder of The Runner’s Pod. 

With a decade of clinical experience in private practice and exceptional anatomy and biomechanics knowledge Michael now specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of running injuries.

As an accomplished track athlete Michael is well versed in working with amateur, junior and elite athletes. However Michael’s passion for the sport has grown beyond that of just the competitive side. Michael is now committed to growing the entire running community in South Australia by providing an innovative running service accessible to all runners, recreational and elite.

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Blog — January 05, 2020

Nitta’s monthly running shoe review

Brief background on the Saucony Triumph 17.The Triumph has always been Saucony’s flagship mileage shoe. For Saucony enthusiasts it’s fair to say that the previous 2 models of the Triumph haven’t lived up to expectation (Triumph ISO 4 & 5). However in 2019, Saucony’s workhorse has had a complete makeover, and it may just be the update of year amongst all the running shoe categories.

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Facebook — October 01, 2019

Our SPARC patient @indiacolombi has a role in the main cast of A Second Chance: Rivals movie! She was able to act her role AND perform all her own gymnastics stunts! A Second Chance: Rivals was filmed in SA and hit cinemas on the weekend and will be available for streaming on Netflix Australia at a later date.🤸‍️

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Facebook — September 23, 2019

Hierarchy of sustainable running - PART 2 Blog RELEASEhttps://www.sparc.com.au/news/hierarchy-of-sustainable-running-part-2-training-characteristics-organisation-and-progression

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Blog — September 23, 2019

Hierarchy of sustainable running – Part 2 Training Characteristics, organisation and progression.

It’s well accepted that sustainable running training begins with selecting a training regime that is suited to the runners relative training state at that point in time. With training errors arguably the most important factor in Running Related Injuries (RRI) (Hrejlac, 2005), it makes sense to avoid those errors. However, we need to know what these errors are in an attempt to avoid them! Running coaches have spent many years intuitively or objectively manipulating runners training characteristics to improve a runner’s performance while attempting to reduce the risk of a training error that may lead to injury or overtraining.

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