Running Medicine Expert, Physical therapist, PT for the Atlanta Track Club Elites, Olympians & Runners of all levels and backgrounds. Running author, researcher & podcaster. 

Sports Dietician for the NCAA, Air Force Special Operations & Elite Runners. Host of The Female Athlete Nutrition Podcast.

Dr. Kim conducts NIH-funded sports cardiology research at Emory.  Team Cardiologist for the Falcons, Braves, Hawks, Dream, Sports Medicine at Emory and Georgia Tech, and is a member of the NBA Cardiac Advisory Committee, NFL Cardiovascular Task Force, and the Chair-Elect for the American College of Cardiology’s Sports and Exercise Council. He is the Co-Medical Director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Sara Raiser is a primary care sports medicine academic physiatrist and running medicine physician at the University of Virginia Runners’ Clinic in Charlottesville. She has a keen interest in running medicine and has trained with running medicine experts across the country. Because she enjoys providing holistic and comprehensive care to athletes, much of her time is spent working closely with a multidisciplinary team to care for athletes with complex conditions such as bone stress injuries by addressing biomechanics, nutrition, and training plans, as well as performing run gait evaluations, assisting with return to run/sport plans, and addressing issues specific to the female athlete.

She has served as a team physician for Atlanta Track Club’s Elite Development Team; George Tech (Div I) and Emory College (Div III) Cross Country and Track & Field teams; Stanford University Varsity Athletics (Div I); South Forsyth, Cherokee Bluff, and Flowery Branch High Schools. She provides mass event medical coverage for road races, cross country races, and track and field events. Dr. Raiser is currently a PM&R Sports medicine Physician at UVA. Where she treats runners at the UVA Runner's Clinic

Dr. Christine Pieton is a women’s health physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor, prenatal and postpartum conditions, as well as running-specific rehabilitation. She believes that motherhood is an athletic event, and you deserve to have a pelvic floor PT on your team to help guide you through this unique chapter of your life, and to take the guesswork out of how to continue to support your athleticism for the long term

Steve Demoss  is the owner and operator of multiple Big Peach Running Company stores in the metro Atlanta area.  Steve has enjoyed endurance sports since the 1980s but had to acquire a taste for running along the way. He’s been at Big Peach Running Co. for more than 15-years where he’s had a front row seat to the tremendous growth and change the sport and the industry have experienced during that time.

Dr. Altelisha "Lisha" Taylor is a board-certified family medicine & sports medicine physician who treats patients of all ages. Along with primary care, she specializes in injury prevention, bone stress management, nutrition optimization, and ultrasound-guided injections for athletes and active adults. Dr. Taylor received her bachelor's degree from Duke University, a master's degree in public health from George Washington University, and went to medical school at the University of Florida. She did her residency training in family medicine at Emory University and completed a fellowship in sports medicine from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). During her time in Los Angeles, Dr. Taylor served as a team physician for UCLA athletics and an assistant team physician for the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB). She now lives in Atlanta, GA working as faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine, a primary care sports medicine physician, and the co-medical director of Atlanta Track Club Elite (a division of professional middle distance runners). 

Chris has been involved with USA Track and Field since 2014, beginning with work at regional events and U20 international teams. Most recently, he has served as lead Sport and Performance Psychology staff at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and Paris, Indoor World Championships in Serbia, and the Outdoor World Championships in Oregon. He has also consulted with a variety of other professional organizations, including the Atlanta Track Club.

Erin is the owner of ECfit. She is the strength coach for many current and former world championship athletes including Mirinda Carfrae – 3x Ironman World Champion and Timothy O’Donnell – Long Course Triathlon World Champion. Her commitment to continuing education plus her proven track record of success with professional athletes has made her one of the most knowledgeable and accessible strength coaches in the world.

Dr. Mason is board certified in Sports Medicine with a special interest in track and field, running injuries and exercise testing. Dr. Mason has been invited to be a resident physician at the US Olympic Training Center, team physician with the national governing body for USA Track & Field for over 20 years, a Sports Medicine consultant in his homeland of Jamaica and the Chief Medical Officer at multiple USA Track and Field international competitions. He has also been a frequently featured guest on CNN’s fit nation commenting on a wide variety of topics related to athletics and running injuries. Dr. Mason attended Princeton University and was Captain of the track team.

Dr. Kacy Seynders is a Physical Therapist at Precision Performance and Physical Therapy in Atlanta, GA. She is a member of the MAPP team for the Atlanta Track Club Elite. She specializes in working with runners, endurance athletes, and female athletes. As an athlete herself, Kacy has a unique understanding of the endurance athlete lifestyle and the impact injury can have on that lifestyle. She brings this empathy and passion to every patient in her care, utilizing a comprehensive and holistic approach to improve the way people move so that they can keep doing what they love.

Dr. Carrie J. Pagliano has been a dynamic leader in the areas of women’s/pelvic health for nearly 25 years. Dr. Pagliano speaks internationally in the areas of postpartum return to sport and integrative models of practice in pelvic physical therapy. She is a national media spokesperson for the APTA. Dr. Pagliano is the founder of Carrie Pagliano Physical Therapy, LLC in Arlington, Virginia & The Real Moms’ Guide to Postpartum Digital course series for moms & postpartum professionals as well as the host of Active Mom Postpartum Podcast.

Dr. Bender is Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra, a sleep health technology startup and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. During her work as a postdoc, she helped develop the only validated sleep screening tool for athletes and implemented sleep optimization strategies for numerous Canadian Olympic and professional teams. She won the 2017 Mitacs National award for product commercialization and was selected as one of Mitacs next 150 innovators for her work optimizing sleep in athletes.

Coach Carl has been helping runners of all ability levels have more fun with their running for over 15 years. His coaching career started at Emory University where he coached the men's cross country and distance track runners for eight years. Then he left Emory and began focusing on coaching adult runners. Since that time he has helped runners run their first 5k, qualify for the Boston Marathon, and everything in between

Gráinne is an advanced physiotherapist in pelvic health and clinical researcher in the UK. Her research interests are in female return to sport including running with a focus on postpartum athletes, pelvic floor dysfunction and diastasis rectus abdominis. She is the co-author for the UK return to running postnatal clinical guidelines. 

Coach Amy Begley is a former Olympian & the Former Head Coach for The Atlanta Track Club. During the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000 meters, Amy ran an unforgettable race, closing hard to finish third and book her ticket to the Olympic Games in Beijing. In 2009, she finished 6th at the IAAF World Championships in the 10,000 meters, running a personal best of 31:13. Only nine American women had run faster at the time.

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Since retiring from professional competition, Amy has been an influential coach and a leader in the sport. She coached cross country and track at the University of Connecticut and founded the Distance Divas in Portland, Oregon, helping post-collegiate women bridge the gap to a professional career. Amy has also served in leadership positions and on various committees for USA Track and Field including, most recently, the organization's Board of Directors. She is also involved in the women's professional team, the Heartland Trackclub.

Dr. Christopher Herbs PT, DPT is a Boston-based physical therapist who specializes in working with runners. Chris is a veteran runner with over 15 years of experience in the sport. After competing in cross country and track in high school, Chris competed as an unattached athlete in NCAA meets as well as at the club level in both college and graduate school. Chris also has extensive road racing experience in distances ranging from the road mile to the Boston Marathon. After completing his graduate studies in 2018, Chris earned his RRCA coaching certification and began privately coaching runners of all ability levels. Chris uses this athletic and coaching experience in addition to his academic background to inform his practice while serving runners as a physical therapist.
 

Dr. Diego Buen is a NYC-based physical therapist for runners and athletes of all levels from Olympian to beginner. Diego has been involved with the sports of track and field and distance running for over 15 years. He has competed as a four-year NCAA athlete in both cross country and track and field, winning the CUNY championships in the 400IH races three years in a row. He has multiple years of experience coaching runners in multiple areas such as distance running, sprinting, and hurdling. He continues to compete in track and field as a Masters athlete in the M30-34 category. As a physical therapist, coach, and athlete, he is just as passionate for injury rehabilitation and prevention as he is for the sport of running.

Dr. Elizabeth Karr PT, DPT is a Physical Therapist at Precision Performance and Physical Therapy in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a member of the MAPP team for the Atlanta track Club Elite. A lover of all forms of movement including running, Elizabeth understands the emotions experienced when an athlete is hindered by an injury, and is grateful that her career allows her to help people get back to the activities that they love. Her treatment approach is focused on the whole patient, including both mind and body. Elizabeth treats athletes and runners of all ages, but has a special interest in educating and empowering young athletes to perform their best - strong, happy, and injury free.

Amber Ramga NSCA-CPT, CSCS is a personal trainer in the Atlanta area and owner of Acceleration Fitness. She helps clients both online and in person with simplifying strength training. Amber believes that lifting weights doesn't need to be so serious and if you're not having fun you're doing it wrong. She has helped many athletes coming back from injury, women during pregnancy and postpartum, and those just looking to move better, feel better, and look better.

Dr. Courtney Gleason is a non-operative sports medicine physician at Emory University in the Department of Orthopedics. She is the director of the Emory Women's Sports & Wellness Conference and the Director of Emory's Female Athlete Program.

Dr. Gleason is the head team physician for Agnes Scott College and a team physician for the Atlanta Dream. Special interests include working with dancers and aesthetic athletes and runners. She is particularly interested in bone health, bone stress injuries, overuse injuries, and the concept of relative energy deficiency in sport. She has a special interest in understanding female athlete attrition in sports and working with and for female athletes to optimize performance, minimize injury risk, and keep them active and playing the sports they love. 

Yoga Instructor, Owner of Form Yoga & Soul Nourish Retreats. Mandy has studied yoga with numerous accomplished national and international teachers from various traditions. Mandy is twice a Lululemon Athletica ambassador in Atlanta and represented Atlanta at the 2015 Lululemon Ambassador Summit in Whistler. In addition Mandy is a presenter in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 Dirty South Yoga Fest, the 2015 and the 2016 Atlanta Women's Foundation Yogathon, The 2015 Wigwam Health and Wellness Festival, and a co-chair of the first annual Atlanta Yoga Rave. 

Emily Barnhart is a Sports Dietitian and carb lover. Her practice, The Injury RD, arose after hearing a coach warn an athlete, “Just don’t come back fat.” moments after the athlete heard earth-shattering news. He needed major surgery and was about undergo a 12–18-month rehab process. Emily believes we need to bring a more compassionate voice to food, nutrition, and body image to athletes overcoming injury. Emily has worked with collegiate and professional organizations and currently consults with the USA Volleyball men and women’s court teams.

Dr. Kayla Balcom was a figure skater most of her life, she was introduced to the mental skills of sport quite early. Kayla received a degree in Psychology, she then pursued her PhD at the University of North Texas. Following her degree she worked at the University of Miami and the University of Tulsa. Dr. Balcom was the director of Sport Psychology at Georgia Tech working with student-athletes. She was a part of the initial MAPP team at the Atlanta Track club and has a small private practice for community clients, young student-athletes, and elite and professional athletes.

Dr. Blair Green PT, DPT, OCS, PHC is a physical therapist with over 20 years of experience. She has spent at least 17 of those years working in women’s health As a teacher and nationally recognized presenter, she talks about putting the pelvic floor back in to the body and a holistic approach to pelvic health. She is the co-author of Go Ahead Stop and Pee: Running During Pregnancy and Postpartum and speaks on TV, in person and on podcasts about the subject and her book. 

Kelsey is a board certified specialist in sports dietetics, Kelsey has worked in the clinical arena with a multitude of different medical complexities through her experiences in working in acute care and one the country's largest spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation centers, Brooks Rehabilitation.   She currently is a consulting dietitian with four division 1 NCAA programs and works 1:1 with athletes of all levels in a private practice setting.   Her current interests in the field include preparing for endurance racing, optimizing gut health, nutrition to support injury healing, and accomplishing hormonal balance through proper nutrition. 

An avid runner herself, she has a particular interest in working with collegiate, recreational and elite endurance athletes and has undergone specialty training in pelvic floor rehabilitation, pregnancy and postpartum care, and management of the female athlete to better serve her clientele. 

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Lyndsay owns her own practice in Park City, UT, StrongHER, where she specializes in female athletics and care of pregnant and postpartum individuals. Additionally, she creates pelvic health content for [P]rehab, instructs running courses nationally to healthcare providers with The Pace Academy, and travels frequently with professional Track and Field athletes to provide PT services both during season and in off season. She loves every second of it.

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Alissa a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified personal trainer based in Atlanta with ten+ years of experience. She is passionate about the power of nutrition and physical activity to optimize health, prevent or better manage disease, increase energy levels, enhance athletic performance, and improve quality of life. She is a runner and very involved in the Atlanta running community. Alissa currently works in a freelance capacity with a private nutrition consulting practice in addition to roles as a health educator with Kaiser Permanente, medical reviewer for Healthline, and consultant dietitian for various companies and organizations including the Atlanta Track Club, Coffee Regional Medical Center, Wellness Concepts, Corporate Health Unlimited, CerebroFit Brain Health and Big Peach Running Co.

Celeste is a certified Medical Exercise Specialist (includes pre/post natal) & USATF Track Coach, and has worked in numerous health and fitness settings for over 20 years; including physical therapy clinics, cardiac rehab, gyms and aquatic therapy. She developed PreCORE/ReCORE online programs and the FITsplint (patented maternity and postnatal belly support) which has become popular with runners and physical therapists. She has focused training pre/post natal athletes/runners the last 15 years; from recreational to Olympic athletes, helping them regain core/pelvic floor coordination, strength and stability to return to run/sport.

With a background in mindfulness, yoga, holistic psychology and somatic care, Shari favors a compassionate, polyvagal approach to stress release. She explores how we as parents can create peaceful homes and richer relationships by resourcing our nervous systems and connecting with our kids.

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Shari has recently returned to teaching after a sabbatical to honor the changes to her postpartum body and life. She has navigated multiple pelvic organ prolapses, torn ligaments, chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety and finally, after struggling for almost two years, postpartum depression. She saw more specialists than she could count. She slowly learned how to walk again. She celebrates wildly the ability to lift her little one into her arms. And, she has dreams of running again one day.

Lennie Waite is a Sport Psychologist  known for her expertise in guiding athletes to maximize their performance potential and cultivate a positive mindset.  She had a remarkable athletic career at Rice University, and represented both Scotland and Great Britain in international competitions for the steeplechase, including the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games. Through her profound understanding of the importance of mental health in athletic pursuits, Waite continues to inspire athletes and help them unlock their full potential. Her holistic approach, combining both academic knowledge and personal experience, allows her to provide comprehensive support to athletes, empowering them to thrive not only in their sport but also in their overall well-being and personal growth.

Stephanie brings over 25 years of experience in yoga, movement and healing. With a basis in Alexander Technique, she received her original yoga teaching certification with Cyndi Lee at OM Yoga Center in New York City in 2001. While that training gave her a strong foundation in Shambala Buddhism and mindfulness, Stephanie pursued her passion for yoga therapeutics.Stephanie had the privilege of having studied with a great many master teachers and has taught in many places including New York, Boulder, Maui, San Francisco, and currently in the Atlanta area. While living and teaching in the San Francisco Area, she also ran her company To-Go Ware, and worked with Yoga Journal Magazine as a yoga model and as their sustainability blogger. 

Dr. Jen Davis is a healthy mindset coach that works with injured athletes, especially those who feel like they are losing their sense of self during / after the rehab process. Jen was practiced as a physical therapist, but now works full-time leading injured athletes in all sports, through her Athlete Empowered Method, helping athletes heal from the inside out.

Dr. Michelle Barrack is is a Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at California State University and Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. Dr. Barrack's primary area of research focuses on evaluating relationships between nutrition, exercise, bone health, risk factors associated with low bone mineral density, injury and efficacy of nutrition education intervention programs to optimize energy availability and nutrient intake among adolescent and collegiate endurance runners

Dr. Barrack served as the lead dietitian of the 7-year healthy runner project, which identified a significant reduction in bone stress injury (BSI) rates at trabecular-rich sites among female NCAA Division I endurance runners. Dr. Barrack published book chapters on the female athlete, runner nutrition and has been featured in media outlets including Runner's World, Women's Running and the Runner's Zone podcast. 

Dr. Courtney Alama is a physical therapist specializing in the endurance athlete. She competed in Cross Country and Track and field for both Belmont and the University of Minnesota. Courtney’s firsthand experience and love for running resulted in her taking a special interest in running and endurance rehab. She stays up to date on the latest research and evidence based treatment.

Dr. Kristin Schultz is a physical therapist, running and strength coach in Washington DC and Florida. She built her business helping runners stay healthy and perform better because of her own running injuries and experiences. She has a running podcast, Breaking five. 

Tamara is a former NCAA Division 1 athlete and a certified mental performance coach. She is the founder of Elite Mindset Development where she works with athletes of all levels to explore, develop and master their mindset. 

Dr. Lance Frank (he/him) is a physical therapist that specializes in pelvic floor dysfunction in all gender identities. Shortly after graduating from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Lance opened his own practice, Flex PT ATL, in Midtown - the gay mecca and heart of Atlanta. Lance is one a small group of therapists that treat pelvic floor disorders in people with penises, and one of an even smaller group of queer practitioners that work in pelvic health.

Dr. PJ Pruszynski has a diverse background in treating runners, pelvic health and vestibular patients.