Full Course Description
The Art and Science of the Perfect Run: Reduce Injuries and Increase Performance
Program Information
Objectives
- Assess the principles of training.
- Examine physiological determinants of running performance.
- Articulate the FIRST “3plus2” training program.
- Design an effective training program based on scientific principles.
- Utilize cross-training effectively to supplement running.
- Analyze running gait for recommending prehab and rehab stretches and strength training exercises.
- Evaluate how aging affects running performance.
- Utilize the 7-Hour Workout Week to enhance fitness while supporting healthy aging.
Outline
Gait Analysis and Screening
- Implement motion capture – Dartfish, Qualysis, Video
- Strategies to Identify:
- Faculty Mechanics
- Muscular weakness
- Poor flexibility
Assessments to Quickly Detect Issues: The Running Performance Model
- Physiological factors responsible for running performance
- Biomechanical factors responsible for running performance
- Nutritional factors responsible for running performance
Run Less, Not Train Less: The FIRST Program
- Apply to runners of all ages and abilities: 3 plus 2 program
- Quality over quantity
- Training with purpose
- Functional strength training timeline
- Flexibility exercises
- Goal setting and prediction tables
- Training programs for your clients
- Determining workout intensity
Apply Principles of Training to Prevent Injury
- Progressive overload
- Specificity
- Individual differences
- Law of diminishing returns
- Reversibility
Big Questions Answered! Tackle the Most Common Concerns
- Heal-striking
- Hamstring injury
- Arthritis
- Injury identification
- Barefoot running
- Running form
- Orthotics
- Running shoes
- Running frequency
- Weekly mileage
- Running fast
- Body weight
- Stretching
- Strength training
- Cross-training
- Running surface
Safe Returns: Getting Runners Back in Action Post-Injury
- When is enough rest enough?
- Tackling recurring injuries
- Best practices to reduce risk of re-injury
Youth Forgives Many Sins – Work with Aging Runners
- What happens to performance?
- Which biological factors affect running?
- Effects of psychological, social, and cultural factors
- Alternatives and solutions for the aging runner
- The 7-Hour workout week
Target Audience
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Athletic Trainers
- Personal Trainers
- Exercise Physiologists
- Physicians
- Coaches
- Other Rehab Professionals
- Chiropractors
Copyright :
11/05/2019
Runner’s Rehab Master Class: Identify and Treat the Root Cause of Running Injuries Faster than Ever Before
Program Information
Objectives
- Evaluate the latest advances in running rehabilitation and their implications for therapy
- Outline strategies for more quickly identifying the root causes of pain and functional limitations
- Integrate effective interventions that can be used immediately to eliminate pain, restore function, and improve running performance
- Combine multiple modalities effectively for better results, including joint and soft tissue mobilization, stretching and strengthening techniques, orthotics, functional movement assessment, exercise, and patient education
- Design advanced, innovative plans of care for a wide range of running impairments and performance enhancement goals
- Apply the assessments and interventions discussed in this seminar to a series of interactive case scenarios
Outline
HOT TOPICS AND INNOVATIONS IN RUNNER’S HEALTH
- How cutting edge research is helping patients cross the finish line
HANDS-ON LAB: UPGRADE YOUR ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL REASONING SKILLS
- Get to the root cause of impairments faster with better evaluation techniques for:
- Foot, knee, shin, hip, and back pain
- Movement dysfunction
- Fascial and joint restrictions
- Muscle tightness and weakness
- Balance, stability and mobility
- Nerve entrapments
HANDS-ON LAB: REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR REHAB TOOLBOX FOR RUNNING PATIENTS
- Practice today’s most effective techniques to:
- Correct and enhance movement
- Eliminate pain
- Loosen tight muscles
- Decompress entrapped nerves
- Reduce reinjury
- Boost speed, power and endurance
- Enhance balance, coordination, stability and mobility
- Improve patient buy-in
HANDS-ON LAB: COMBINE MULTIPLE TECHNIQUES MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR BETTER RESULTS
- Practice integrating:
- Joint mobilization
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Stretching and strengthening techniques
- Orthotics
- Functional movement assessment and targeted corrections
- Home exercise prescription
- Patient education
HANDS-ON LAB: DESIGN ADVANCED TREATMENT AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT PLANS FOR YOUR PATIENTS
- Develop effective, innovative strategies for specific impairments, including:
- Foot and heel impairments
- Plantar fasciitis
- Heel and foot pronation
- Tibial torsion
- Tight heel cords
- Pronation
- Knee and thigh impairments
- Patellofemoral pain syndrome
- Tendinitis/tendinosis
- Stress fractures
- Shin splints
- Iliotibial band friction syndrome
- Tight/strained calves
- Tight/strained hamstrings
- Femoral acetabular impingement
- Genu varum (bow legging)
- Limb length discrepancy
- Hip and back impairments
- Mechanical imbalance
- Pelvic imbalance
- Spinal curvature
- Degenerative disk
- Sacroiliac dysfunctions
- Age-related degeneration
CASE STUDIES: PUT KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICE
- Case study 1: Correctly select the root cause of impairment
- Case study 2: Identify and correct complex movement dysfunction
- Case study 3: Evaluate and treat hip pain during running
- Case study 4: Design an advanced treatment strategy and training plan for a high level athlete
- Case study 5: Improve athletic performance and power output
- Case study 6: Overcome barriers to effective strategy implementation
DON’T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE!
- Coding and billing updates for runner’s rehab
- Justify therapy with the right progress measures
- Avoid denials and audits with these tips
Target Audience
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Athletic Trainers
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists
- Exercise Physiologists
- Chiropractors
Copyright :
10/04/2019