Details

CEUs: Click here to see all states that recognize CEU credits for this course. 

Presenter: Rich Willy, PT, PHD

Cost: $595 

Format: This online course may be completed at your own pace. After registration, you will be prompted to log in to Montana Running Lab's online learning platform to access the course. 

Course Access: Registrants will have access for the lifetime of the course (see below for details). 

Overview

This 16-hour course emphasizes putting the latest evidence into practice to provide innovative solutions for the runner.

Diagnoses discussed include bone stress injuries of the lower limb, including femoral shaft, femoral neck, tibia, sacrum and pelvis, fibular, metatarsal, and navicular bone stress injuries. We also thoroughly cover patellofemoral pain, iliotibial band pain, and the most common lower limb tendinopathies including Achilles, peroneal, posterior tibialis, as well as plantar fasciopathy.

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 are foundations of this course.

Attendees learn from 6-plus hours of practical experiences so they can immediately put newly learned skills into practice. Course downloads include all lecture handouts, a bone stress injury rehabilitation program with specific loading exercises, Alter-G load calculator, REDs screening tools, return to run programs, and much more!

Course Outline

 Module 1 - Introduction and principles of loading of bone, tendon, and muscle

Module 2 - Conducting a running biomechanics assessment

Module 3 - Patellofemoral pain

Module 4 - Iliotibial band pain

Module 5 - Foot and ankle tendinopathies and plantar fasciopathy

Module 6 - Relative Energy Deficit in Sport (REDs) and risk factors for bone stress injuries

Module 7 - Bone stress injuries: Tibial, metatarsal, fibular, navicular, sacral, and femoral BSIs

Module 8 - Return to running and gait retraining with practical component

Module 9 - Strength and conditioning for the endurance runner

At the Completion of the Course, You'll Be Able to:  

1. Identify the most common running-related injuries and their underlying risk factors.
2. Understand the Load Capacity model.
3. Understand the concept of mechanotherapy as it relates to muscle, tendon, bone, and articular cartilage.
4. Be able to target different tissues i.e., muscle, tendon, and bone, with specific loading strategies.
5. Understand the evidence for predicting injury or running performance based on a gait analysis.
6. Be conversant in how the ankle, knee, and hip movement patterns contribute to running-related injuries.
7. Learn how to qualitatively analyze running biomechanics in a clinical setting.
8. Identify key risk factors in runners for patellofemoral pain and iliotibial band pain.
9. Know the examination strategies and skills for the runner with patellofemoral pain or iliotibial band pain.
10. Understand the best predictors of recovery for the individual with patellofemoral pain or iliotibial band pain.
11. Identify key risk factors for Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciopathy.
12. Identify diagnostic criteria for Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciopathy.
13. Develop a treatment plan for the runner with Achilles tendinopathy or plantar fasciopathy.
14. Be able to identify individuals most at-risk for a lower limb bone stress injury.
15. Understand low energy availability and how it might contribute to running-related injuries.
16. Know the best screening tools for REDs.
17. Know the diagnostic criteria for tibial, metatarsal, fibular, navicular, femoral, and sacral bone stress injuries.
18. Will be knowledgeable on the types of biomechanical loads that increase and decrease metatarsal, fibular, navicular, femoral, and sacral bone stress.
19. Be able to design a treatment plan for the runner with a metatarsal, fibular, navicular, femoral, or sacral bone stress injury.
20. Be able to identify the key components of a return to run program.
21. Gain knowledge on how to incorporate gait retraining into a runner’s rehabilitation program.
22. Design a strength and conditioning program for a runner.
23. Be able to tailor a strength and conditioning program for the adolescent, masters, or trail runner. 

Course Access

You will have lifetime access to the course, as long as the course site is maintained. You can watch the videos as many times as you like. All materials (handouts, various tools and calculators) are downloadable, except the videos. See terms and conditions for details. 

Continuing Education Credit

Click here to see all states that recognize CEU credits for this course. Approved by Texas CCAP for 16.00 units of CEUs, reference no. 78792TX; Approved for 1.6 CEUs by the California APTA Approval Number CPTA #25-125; Approved for 19.6 hours by the Science PT for New York. The Science PT is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider of physical therapy and physical therapist assistant continuing education. 14111 SE Tarnahan Ct, Happy Valley, OR 97086; Approved by the Ohio Physical Therapy Association for 16.25 hours, approval number 25S2737; This continuing education has been approved by the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 16 Continuing Education Hours; Approved for 15.25 hours by the Minnesota Board or Physical Therapy, approval number 1345; Montana Running Lab, LLC (BOC AP#: P12185) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). Program is eligible for maximum of (16) hours/Category A CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours spent in the educational program.

 Visit montanarunninglab.com for more information. Questions? Contact us at info@montanarunninglab.com. 

_{Montana Running Lab, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, military status, sexual orientation or age. Montana Running Lab, LLC is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in all aspects of its continuing education activities. Participants who have special needs are encouraged to contact program organizers so that all reasonable efforts to accommodate these needs can be made.}

_{Rich Willy, PT, PhD and Montana Running Lab, LLC have no financial or personal conflicts of interest}

_{This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the requirements and policies of the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) through the sponsorship of Montana Running Lab, LLC. Montana Running Lab, LLC is approved by the BOC to provide continuing education for Athletic Trainers.}