Konrad is a Biokineticist that specializes in sports rehabilitation and high performance coaching.
He has 6 years experience in both corporate and clinical environments in occupational, orthopedic, cardiac and neurological therapy.
Currently, he is a first year medical student in the UK. After almost losing his life in the pandemic, Konrad has decided to dedicate the remainder of his life to saving lives.
In addition to his clinical experience, he has 5 years of sales and marketing experience in the health and fitness industry
By Konrad Barnes An introspective look into what heel spurs are, what causes them, how they affect you and how you can deal with them. Pain in the heel area of the foot? Is the pain localized to when you…
By Konrad Barnes Can orthotic devices help treat chronic heel pain?Orthotics have, over the last decade or so, become far more common amongst our running community. I see more and more people using some sort of orthotic device as part…
By Konrad Barnes Before we dive into this conversation I think it would be best if we just have a recap on what exactly orthotics are, what they do and how they could potentially help people with plantar fasciitis.Orthotics -…
By Konrad Barnes An overview on the efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy as a treatment modality for chronic plantar fasciitis. I have spent close to 10 years in this industry. A world hyper focused on performance, optimization and chasing perfection. But…
By Konrad Barnes Don’t be caught flatfooted! Step up your training with barefoot running! I am willing to bet money that you’ve seen THAT GUY OR GIRL in the gym before. You know, the one with the scuba diving shoes…
By Konrad Barnes If you’ve made this far in our series, I just want to congratulate you because you have made it to the good part. I think we made it quite clear in our previous articles, either your feet…
By Konrad Barnes In the first part of this article series we covered, wait what? You haven’t read our first installment of this series? Come on guys and girls, what’s up with that? Okay, okay we’ll wait for you guys…
By Konrad Barnes As runners we’re almost obsessive about improvement. Improving our diets, improving our training, improving our gear and even improving our mindsets. This is all based on the need to be better, to get the edge over competition.…
By Konrad Barnes Meniscus injuries tend to be complicated regardless of the mechanism of injury. A meniscus tear can be one of 4 or 5 different shapes and level of severity. This complexity makes it difficult for therapists to accurately…
By Konrad Barnes Meniscal injuries can happen at any time and quite frankly, they can happen to anyone. There is a slight misconception that only athletes and active people are at risk for major knee injuries. This is unequivocally not…
By Konrad Barnes The knee joint is such a vital component to our existence. Without our knees we can’t move. Our knees allow us to walk, jump, run, twist, squat and even lunge… the knees do it all. Granted, it’s…
By Konrad Barnes I think by now we’ve established that our knees are quite important to our everyday functioning. Without them we simply cannot move, and “without movement there is no life”. That is a paraphrased quote that my professor…
By Konrad Barnes I’m willing to place a friendly wager that somewhere throughout your life you’ve heard a reference to this infamous bodily structure: THE ACL! Whether you’re an avid sports fanatic that has witnessed your favorite athlete suffer this…
By Konrad Barnes So think you’ve hurt your anterior cruciate ligament? Not sure? Okay, can you place your entire weight on the affected leg without it losing stability? If the answer is yes, get someone to help you with a…
By Konrad Barnes And so we’ve come to the end of the journey through the crazy world of running injuries.We have covered everything (well almost everything) from the feet all the way up to the hips.This has given you a…
By Konrad Barnes One of the most common running injuries we hear about are arguably knee injuries. I’m willing to bet my favorite pair of Saucony’s, that every single person reading this has had some form of knee problem or…
By Konrad Barnes As runners we’ve come to realize that running isn’t as straightforward a sport as we always thought it was. In fact at the break of the twentieth century, the sport of running transformed from what was essentially…
By Konrad Barnes In our previous article we spoke about my personal injury history. Specifically my hamstring injuries. In a nutshell, I suffered 4 separate hamstring related injuries in plus minus 7 years. Yes, it sounds terrible, but honestly it…
By Konrad Barnes This is going to be a bit of a different article… How? Well it’s based, however lightly, on my own life. But before we get into the thick of things I should probably introduce myself… My name…
By Konrad Barnes What are Shin Splints?This is a topic we’ve been wanting to cover for quite some time now. Yes, the classic running injury.Fun fact, the condition we know as shin splints actually has a far more technical name:…
By Konrad Barnes So what we’re about to tell you is based on real life events. This is the sad but completely relevant story about Franco and his Shin Splints.Franco is an active dude, he hits the gym regularly and…
By Konrad Barnes You’ve been lied to. Well technically they didn’t lie to you, they just didn’t know the truth about your condition and ended up telling you what they thought was true. The condition I am referring to is…
By Konrad Barnes Running is an awesome activity. No seriously, it’s loads of fun as it’s usually a great source of camaraderie. While for some it may have some deeper value as running more often than not is a therapeutic…
By Konrad Barnes In the previous edition of this series, we introduced the concept of overuse injuries. We discussed what Plantar Fasciitis is and how to recognize the condition based on its signs and symptoms. But what if you already…