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IART was founded by Thaddeus Kostubala, MD and brought together early running therapists across the globe, as an informal yet enthusiastic network beginning in 1980. His dream was to share the benefits of running therapy across different ages, cultures and languages. The current reorganized North American IART network began post-pandemic, and first met formally in 2025 to collaborate more consistently. Please see resources below to learn more about IART's history and the diversity of running / walking therapy approaches that have proliferated over the past several decades, some of which developed independently and some as part of Kosrubala's original therapeutic methods.
IART was founded by Thaddeus Kostubala, MD and brought together early running therapists across the globe, as an informal yet enthusiastic network beginning in 1980. His dream was to share the benefits of running therapy across different ages, cultures and languages. The current reorganized North American IART network began post-pandemic, and first met formally in 2025 to collaborate more consistently. Please see resources below to learn more about IART's history and the diversity of running / walking therapy approaches that have proliferated over the past several decades, some of which developed independently and some as part of Kosrubala's original therapeutic methods.
***A practitioner-centered Handbook is also under way with goal of publication in late 2026.
***A practitioner-centered Handbook is also under way with goal of publication in late 2026.
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