Full Course Description

Running Performance Model

Whether you are working with 5K or marathon runners, they are often a different breed. Taking time off? No way. They push through injuries, hoping to beat the clock in their next race.

The high-volume training schedule of runners often makes them frequent flyers in your clinic. They always seem to have a nagging injury that never quite goes away. You need a way to quickly identify and correct their dysfunctional movement patterns so that they can continue to do what they love.

Drs. Pierce and Murr will demonstrate innovative techniques to identify and tackle the most common running injuries. Backed by their research in the FIRST lab, you will learn today’s best strategies for working with runners.

This recording will feature motion capture techniques that will help you to target biomechanical inefficiencies and introduce corrective exercises. By doing so, you can reduce the risk of injury in this physically demanding sport. This live webcast is the bridge between exercise physiology, biomechanics and performance.

Learn strategies that will ultimately lead to fewer injuries and better performance for your runners – all while limiting over training and reducing injury.

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

Common Running Injury Questions

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.

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

Running Gait Assessment & Screening

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.

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

Runners and Injuries

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.

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

SMART Training for the Long Run

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.

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

Goal Setting

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.

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

Aging Runners

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.

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

Putting it All Together

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.

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

Anatomy and Mechanics

“I run because it is who I am, not just something I do.”

Running defines some people. Physically and emotionally painful, injury leaves many runners disconnected and lost.

If you’re chasing pain from joint to joint without getting to the “whys” of running injuries, you’re not just losing time, money, and referrals, you’re failing to give your patients’ back a key component of who they are.

Created by one of the most trusted names in sports rehabilitation, the Runner’s Rehab Master Class will teach you how you can achieve incredible results with a wide range of running injuries using today’s top evaluation and treatment strategies!

Dr. Jamey Gordon has over 20 years of experience treating runners and helping athletes achieve peak performance in the MLB, NFL, NBA, and Olympics.

In this recording, he shares a proven framework for rehabilitating runners that combines today’s best practices to correct movement dysfunctions, manage symptoms, and achieve immediate improvements in function so your patients can safely cross the finish line.

Make yourself the go-to resource for resolving frustrating running injuries in your clinic or facility, and feel the satisfaction of giving runners back a part of who they are!

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
  - Osteoarthritis

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

Clinical Techniques for Assessing Runners

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

Assessment Lab

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

Correction and Coaching

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