Lower Quarter Management of Overuse & Traumatic Injuries Related to the Running Athlete
Physical Therapy Continuing Education Course Description:
This two day PT con ed seminar on lower quarter biomechanics, overuse, traumatic injuries and running course is designed to enhance your knowledge of running related injuries and care of running athletes, to get your patients “up to speed.” The faculty will present current and clinically useful evidence-based evaluation and treatment techniques. Course participants will receive comprehensive, foundational anatomical and biomechanical content, the details of a novel movement screening system, and examination techniques specific to the pelvis and lower quarter. Specific intervention strategies for management of running related musculoskeletal dysfunction will also be presented. Along the way, participants will examine foot biomechanics, various running styles, as well as learn to perform video gait analysis. This course provides updated information on injuries common to the runner, including pathologies of the hip, knee, lower leg, foot and ankle. Information on footwear and orthotics is interwoven with other varied specialty interventions and clinical pearls that can be used to achieve immediate results. Throughout the course participants will have opportunities to practice techniques in several hands-on lab sessions. Daily reviews will help participants to glean and remember the most pertinent information. The primary goal of this course is to promote cause and effect thinking about the underlying causes of running related injury and potential influences of the injury, both locally and regionally.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this PT continuing education course, participants will:
- Describe biomechanical differences between walking and running
- Compare and contrast various running styles/techniques
- Articulate important key factors in foot biomechanics
- Discuss current concepts about how and why to alter running mechanics
- Effectively perform a movement screen and rate functional performance
- Systematically perform detailed biomechanical evaluation of Lower Quarter
- Identify the potential causes of movement dysfunction
- Create comprehensive treatment plans for a wide variety of running related musculoskeletal dysfunctions
- Set up and perform a video gait analysis, and interpret findings
- Summarize current research on running injuries and evidence based treatment strategies related to these injuries
- Learn and practice unique best exercises for hip and knee
- Learn and practice unique best exercises for leg, ankle and foot
- Demonstrate efficient performance of three taping techniques: Navicular sling, low dye and posterior fibular
- Describe common categories of running shoes and their role in intervention with varied running injuries
- In the context of clinical case studies, choose examination techniques, describe important findings, relate findings to underlying cause of injury and design effective and creative treatment plans
COURSE OUTLINE
| Day 1 | ||||||
| 7:30-8:00 | Course Registration | |||||
| 8:00-12:00 | Morning Session | |||||
| Walking -vs- Running – What’s the Difference? | ||||||
| Discussion of other running styles | ||||||
| Current concepts of running technique | ||||||
| When and how to change | ||||||
| Lab – Corrective and evaluative drills | ||||||
| 10:15-10:30 | BREAK | |||||
| Foot Biomechanics – Things you need to know | ||||||
| Lab -Understanding the foundation | ||||||
| Noon-1:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 1:00 – 5:00 | Afternoon Session | |||||
| Movement Screen & Biomechanical Evaluation | ||||||
| Lab – Looking at each piece of the puzzle | ||||||
| 2:45-3:00 | BREAK | |||||
| Video Gait Analysis | ||||||
| Set up to Analysis: What are you looking at? | ||||||
| Review Case Studies | ||||||
| Day 2 | ||||||
| 8:0012:00 | Morning Session | |||||
| Review of Day 1 with Question & Answer | ||||||
| Running injuries & treatment related to lumbar, hip and knee | ||||||
| Lab for corrective exercises | ||||||
| 10:00-10:15 | BREAK | |||||
| Running injuries & treatment related to leg, ankle and foot | ||||||
| Noon-1:00 | Lunch | |||||
| 1:00 – 5:00 | Afternoon Session | |||||
| Review how the pieces work together and various influences | ||||||
| Lab for corrective exercises of leg, ankle and foot injuries | ||||||
| 2:00-2:10 | BREAK | |||||
| Current update on shoes (pros /cons) | ||||||
| Tools and Tricks — clinical pearls for quick results | ||||||
| Orthotics: Over the Counter, Semi-Custom, Custom | ||||||
| Case Studies — Putting it all together | ||||||
| Small Group Discussions and Presentation | ||||||
| Taping Lab | ||||||
| Low Dye | ||||||
| Navicular Sling | ||||||
| Posterior Fibular | ||||||