Details

Date: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. US ET on Saturday, June 1 - Sunday, June 2, 2024

Location: Perfect Stride Physical Therapy, New York, NY

Presenter: Rich Willy, PT, PHD

Cost: $695 (Course is sold out.)

Overview

This two-day (14-hour) in-person course emphasizes putting the latest evidence into practice to provide innovative solutions for the athletes with relative overuse injuries.

Diagnoses discussed include patellofemoral pain, iliotibial band pain, and the most common lower limb tendinopathies including Achilles, peroneal, posterior tibialis, as well as plantar fasciopathy.

The course also covers the most common bone stress injuries of the lower limb, including tibia, metatarsal, navicular bone stress injuries. Clinicians will leave this course readily screening for RED-S and able to implement the latest in bone and tendon health science. Specific training load prescription and strength and conditioning practices to both prevent and treat various injuries is a foundation of this course.

Attendees learn from case studies and participate in hands-on laboratory experiences throughout the course so they can immediately put newly learned skills into practice. 

What You'll Learn

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to: 

1. Prescribe a progressive loading program that specifically targets bone, tendon, or muscle.
2. Be able to conduct a clinical running gait analysis, using a treadmill and low-cost or free equipment.
3. Identify key diagnostic criteria for patellofemoral pain and iliotibial band pain in the runner.
4. Create an evidence-based treatment program for individuals with patellofemoral pain and iliotibial band pain.
5. Specify the running mechanics that increase biomechanical loading of the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia, patellofemoral joint, iliotibial band, tibia, fibula, metatarsals, and navicular.
6. Specify the most accurate clinical examination techniques to diagnose an individual with Achilles tendinopathy or plantar fasciopathy.
7. Identify individuals most at-risk for a lower limb bone stress injury.
8. Know the key diagnostic criteria for tibial bone stress injuries.
9. Be knowledgeable on the types of biomechanical loads that increase and decrease metatarsal, tibial, fibular, navicular, and femoral bone stress.
10. Develop a treatment program for individuals with a bone stress injury, from initial injury through return to competition.

Course Outline

Saturday

9:00-10:00 - Intro and Foundational principles of loading of muscle, bone, and tendon

10:00:10:45 - Conducting a clinical running gait analysis

10:45-11:00 - Break

11:00-12:00 - LAB: Gait analysis lab

12:00-1:00 - Lunch            

1:00-1:45 - LAB: Evaluation of the knee

1:45-2:45 - Patellofemoral pain and iliotibial band pain

2:45-3:30 - LAB: Therapeutic interventions for patellofemoral pain, iliotibial band pain

3:30-3:45 - Break

3:45-4:45 - Achilles and other foot/ankle tendinopathies and plantar fasciopathy

4:45-5:00 - Discussion and Day 1 wrap-up

Sunday

9:00-9:30 - LAB: Foot/ankle tendinopathy and plantar fasciopathy examination

9:30-10:30 - LAB: Interventions for foot/ankle tendinopathy and plantar fasciopathy

10:30-10:45 - BREAK

10:45-11:45 - Promoting bone health in the runner, Bone stress injuries risk factors, & RED-S

11:45-12:45 - Lunch

12:45-1:45 - Treatment of bone stress injuries: Tibial and metatarsal bone stress injuries

1:45-2:15 - Treatment of bone stress injuries: Navicular, fibular, sacral, femoral bone stress injuries       

2:15-2:30 - Break

2:30-3:30 - Return to Run: Designing a return to run program and when to employ gait retraining

3:30-4:45 - LAB: Case-based exam - building a rehabilitation, return to run program, and gait retraining

4:45-5:00 - Discussion and Day 2 wrap-up    

About the Presenter

Rich Willy, PT, PhD is an internationally known speaker on the treatment of running-related injuries with 25 years’ experience as a physical therapist. His expertise is in treating runners of all ages and ability levels, including professional and elite runners and he maintains a clinical caseload. Besides his clinical work, he is a regular consultant for professional runners, NCAA and high school programs, and the NBA.

Visit montanarunninglab.com for more information. Questions? Contact us at [email protected].