Today, I speak with Mary Johnson, owner and founder of Lift.Run.Perform, mom of 2, coach, and athlete. A former D1 rower, she ran her first marathon in 2010. She worked in fashion for 6 years after college and left in 2015 to work in strength & conditioning. She founded LRP in 2017 to follow her true passion of running coaching. After giving birth in 2019 and 2021, Mary had a long and extensive postpartum rehab processes. This also lead to FAI/labral repair surgery in 2022 as her hip got increasingly worse with each baby. She prides herself on being a spokesperson for self-advocacy regarding injuries, as well as evidence-based, smart training for life.

We talk about:

-finding sports after college

-navigating pregnancy

-struggling with fertility

-figuring it out

-FAI hip surgery

-advocating for yourself

-benefits of being strong

-mental load of dealing with injuries

Time Stamps

1:00 Introduction

6:15 rowing crew in college

8:46 struggling to get pregnant

17:45 motherhood as an athlete

21:50 the second pregnancy

23:55 getting the correct diagnosis

32:06 be strong first

36:30 lingering pain issues

41:14 considering other options

45:50 rapid fire questions

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/native_women_running/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH MARY

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsamarython/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftrunperform/

Website: www.liftrunperform.com

The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)

Today, I speak with Jennifer J. Bagwell, PT, PhD, DPT, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at California State University Long Beach. Her overall research objective is to enhance quality of life through the reduction of joint pathology and the promotion of health and exercise. She seeks to understand the relationship between movement, anatomy, and function with respect to perinatal joint loading and pain and to optimize injury prevention and treatment strategies for this population. She serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Women’s and Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and as the Secretary of the Academy of Physical Therapy Research and of the Biomechanics Special Interest Group.

We talk about:

-changing biomechanics with pregnancy & postpartum

-research during pregnancy

-differences in each trimester

-myths surrounding pregnancy activity

-research in postpartum

-the danger of overcorrecting

-furthering the research

-being an associate editor

Time Stamps

1:00 Introduction

3:30 beginning to study pregnancy running mechanics

7:34 complications of doing research on pregnant women

10:01 research findings

17:08 being active during pregnancy

19:20 why we see what we see

25:10 the danger of overcorrecting

28:50 feedback on the paper

34:00 from clinic to research

37:45 the Journal of Women’s and Pelvic Health Physical Therapy

44:50 rapid fire questions

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/native_women_running/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH JENNIFER

X- @JennyBagwellPT

Instagram- jennybagwellpt

Website: https://www.csulb.edu/college-of-health-human-services/physical-therapy/the-clinical-movement-performance-laboratory

The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)

Today, I speak with Verna Volker, founder of Native Women Running, a source of visibility, inspiration and community of native women runners on and off the reservation/reserve. She is from the Navajo Nation but lives in Minneapolis, MN. Married with four kids, she began her running journey in 2009, and went from a newbie runner to an ultra runner, 94 miles being her longest so far, with plans to run a 100 miler in January 2025!

We talk about:

-finding running after a lifetime of athletics

-running after having kids

-common themes in Native Women Running

-spiritual aspect to running

-developing leadership

-expanding representation

-education and outreach

Time Stamps

1:00 Introduction

2:16 finding running

8:47 starting Native Women Running

14:21 safety in running

16:20 expanding representation

22:58 representation at major races

26:17 successes in Native Women Running

31:20 working with race organizers

37:26 experience working in Europe

42:08 practicing self-care

46:57 hopes for the future

48:50 rapid fire questions

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/native_women_running/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH VERNA

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hozhorunner4/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/native_women_running/

Website: www.nativewomenrunning.com

The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)