Physical therapy for runners involves deciphering all of the different factors contributing to an injury and to recovery — then switching the direction of the momentum.

With the onset of the new year, I found myself thinking about all the things I wanted to achieve - and, like so many of us, I started making a list of these outcomes. Feeling excited and accomplished, I finished up my list and set about my day.

Later that evening, however, I came back to the list - and to be honest, didn't love what I found. Instead of the inspirational manifesto I'd intended to create, what I saw on the paper looked more like a harsh list of faults. Not only that, but how was I supposed to keep track of all these different goals?