Resolving Running-Related Injury

Resolving Running-Related Injury

The prevalence of running injuries is a paradox. We are specifically evolved for the ability to run long distances. So why are injuries so common among runners? In this course we resolve this question and present solutions to break the injury cycle

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Who is this course for?

Sports injury practitioners who regularly encounter running-related injuries in their practice
Those wishing to better understand how to tackle the common running injuries suffered by athletes
Practitioners seeking more effective strategies to put injured runners back together and keep them healthy
Those suffering with recurrent or recalcitrant running injuries who are seeking to better understand and direct their own rehab
Practitioners seeking to learn how best to evaluate running mechanics in a clinic or field setting
Those seeking the understanding to analyse and interpret what they see in the running assessment
Anybody wishing to understand how to deliver gait retraining in a way that effects lasting positive change

Course curriculum

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An Overview on the Problem: Why do so many Runners get Injured?
- Before We Begin...
- Welcome and What to Expect
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- A Brief History of Running Injuries
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- Getting a Handle on the Problem of Running Injury
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- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Running Shoe Industry to the Rescue?
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- What Moves the Needle with Running-Related Injury Incidence?
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- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Disputes on the Need for Instruction
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
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How Humans Run: Unpacking the Challenges of Locomotion
- Evolution of Human Running Locomotion
- Models to Understand Human Running Gait
- Understanding What We Are Trying to do When Running
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- The Default versus Most Mechanically Sound Strategy
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
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Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury
- What Risk Factors do we Need to be Aware of?
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- What Training Factors Relate to Injury Risk in Runners?
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- What Role Does Technical Proficiency Play?
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
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Exploring Common Running-Related Injuries
- Understanding the Common Injuries Reported by Runners
- Bone Stress Injuries
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- Lower Leg Pain and Exertional Compartment Syndrome
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Plantar Fasciopathy
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
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First Steps: Assessing the Runner
- Evaluating Healthy Runners
- Assessing the Injured Runner
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- What are the Options for Assessing Running Gait?
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Running Gait Analysis: What Are We Looking For?
- Key Markers During the Swing Phase
- Evaluating Stance Phase Mechanics
- Summarising the Key Criteria
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
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Runners with Prior or Current Injuries: A Mixed Methods Approach
- Interpreting Findings to Inform Interventions
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Opportunities and Options for Intervention
- Footwear and Orthoses
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Stretching and Myofascial Release
- Neuromuscular Training Interventions and Strength Training
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Conventional Approaches to Gait Retraining Intervention
- Gait Retraining in the Lab with Real-time Feedback
- 'Gait Retraining' in the Clinic: Switching Foot Strike Strategy
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- 'Gait Retraining' in the Clinic: Manipulating Cadence or Speed
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Summary: The Need for a More Customised and Comprehensive Approach to Gait Retraining in the Field
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How to Manage Common Running-Related Injuries: A Tailored Approach
- The Need to be Specific and Directed When Dealing with Running Injuries
- Pause to Reflect and Relate
- Bone Stress Injuries
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- Lower Leg Pain and Exertional Compartment Syndrome
- Plantar Fasciopathy
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Addressing Critical Aspects of Running Technique
- Instilling Sound Technique during the Return-to-Run Process
- Necessity of Feedback and Coaching to Mitigate Risk of Future Running-Related Injury
- Posture and Shape
- Where the Foot Engages the Ground
- How the Foot Engages the Ground
- Action during Stance
- Coupling between Trail and Lead Leg
- Recovery Action
- 'Front Side' Mechanics
- The Role of the Upper Limbs (Arm Action)
- Bandwidth for Instruction and Attending to Technique
- Consolidating Changes and Quality as the Criteria to Guide Return to Run Training Progression
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Mitigating Injury Risk in all Runners
- Reinforcing and Augmenting Critical Links in the Kinetic Chain
- Developing Capacity and Capability to Support Proficient Running
- Supplemental Training for Female Runners
- Running Shoe Selection
- Utility of Barefoot Running
- Specific Training for Foot/Ankle Complex and Lower Leg Conditioning
- Ideal Run Warm Up
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