{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Run Smarter Podcast","title":"The science of trigger points with Paul Ingram","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4006,"description":"Paul Ingraham is a Vancouver science writer and a former Registered Massage Therapist.  He left that profession over concerns about pseudoscientific beliefs and practices and went on to create PainScience.com, a website about the science of pain, injury, treatment, and rehab, where he has published hundreds of articles and ten books on these themes, the most successful of which is his guide to the tricky topic of “trigger points.” Today, Paul talks with Brodie about the science behind trigger point release, myofascial release and other manual therapies.  \nThis candid conversation reveals our real understanding of manual therapy and the careful steps runners need to make when being treated by therapists.\nCheck out Paul's website and books here PainScience.com\nMore trigger point info: https://www.painscience.com/index-trigger-points.php\nAlso check Paul's book:\n https://www.painscience.com/tutorials/trigger-points.php\nRelevant links based on our conversation:\n https://www.painscience.com/articles/does-fascia-matter.php\n https://www.painscience.com/articles/does-massage-work.php\n https://www.painscience.com/articles/counterstimulation.php\n https://www.painscience.com/articles/placebo-power-hype.php\nFollow follow Paul on twitter\n Become a patron!\nReceive Run Smarter Emails\nBook a FREE Injury chat with Brodie\nRun Smarter App IOS or Android \nPodcast Facebook group\nRun Smarter Course\nwith code 'PODCAST' for 3-day free trial.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yu6CIQL0sKEEn32UMHvSGj80p9Ns_xcjLGp-EWyJlqQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM5ODgwLzE2Nzkw/MTQzMTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}