Big update for you all, my son was born! Luca Santiago Cortese was born on October 31st, 2025 at 11:03am. He’s our first child and there is lots of craziness going…
I can’t start this week’s newsletter without a huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who ran the Chicago Marathon this past Sunday. Running 26.2 miles is no small feat. And whether you…
Whenever I start working with a new patient, I usually recommend scheduling one session per week for the first month. Often times, patients will ask me, “That’s it? Just once…
Last night, a patient with a tibial bone stress injury asked me a question I’ve heard many times before: “Will I ever be able to run again without this pain?…
Over the summer I’ve been working with a patient who started having some LEFT hip flexor tendonitis after completing Grandma’s marathon in the Spring. The interesting detail is that I…
A few weeks ago, my newsletter talked about how whenever I’m building someone’s return-to-run program, I always start with non-consecutive days of running. Which usually means, 3 days of running…
Last week was a rough one for me. There were a handful of patient cases that lead me to very difficult conversations. Conversations no runner ever wants to hear. Every…
What you are witnessing above is me typing up this exact email. I’m typing on my computer, looking at a picture of myself typing on my computer, thinking about a…
