Rehabbing the Runner

Course Description

Treating runners is a fun yet often complex biomechanical task. This course will teach you how to efficiently assess and treat your runner patients in an integrative and comprehensive way. We'll update you on the biomechanics of running and how conceptual models of running have changed over the years. You'll also learn a comprehensive gait assessment and how to incorporate functional movement assessments into your treatment plan. Treatment techniques include MFR, MET and mobilizations of the lower quarter as well as exercise progressions for runners at any level. At the completion of this course, you'll be able to treat most any running injury diagnosis with confidence, and apply what you learn to create customized training programs to fit your patients' goals!

 

As with all our manual therapy courses, this course is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give you skills you can use immediately upon returning to the clinic.

 

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At the completion of this seminar, participants will be able to...

  • Correctly state 8 key biomechanical foundations of correct running
  • Correctly state 8 key biomechanical faults seen in runners
  • Correctly demonstrate 8 key treatment techniques for joint mobilizations to improve biomechanics with runners
  • Correctly demonstrate 6 treatment techniques for myofascial release to decrease stress on the hip
  • Correctly instruct a person in 5 exercises to improve a runner’s gait, biomechanics and where they are getting their power from
  • Create a running program that addresses running load, rest, speed, endurance and power post-injury and for the running athlete

Saturday

7:30am

Doors open

8:00am

Lecture: Running over the years - How conceptual models have changed

9:00am

Lecture: Overview of anatomy and lower quarter biomechanics

10:15am

Lecture: Biomechanics of normal and abnormal running

12:00pm

Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm

Lab: Gait assessment

2:45pm

Lab: Gait retraining

4:30pm

Review of today's lecture concepts

5:00pm

Review of evidence-based literature for today’s topics

5:30pm

Adjourn

Sunday

7:30am

Doors open

8:00am

Review and testing of Day 1 material and techniques

9:00am

Lab: Lower quarter mobilizations for runners

10:00am

Lab: Lower quarter MFR for runners

12:00pm

Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm

Lab: Exercises for runners

3:00pm

Running progressions and training programs

4:00pm

Review of case studies

4:30pm

Review of evidence-based literature for today’s topics

5:00pm

Adjourn

Course Instructors

Marcus Lewis

PT, DPT, CIMT

Marcus received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2018 and has since been working in the greater Ann Arbor area with Probility Physical Therapy. He is currently the clinic director at an outpatient orthopedic Probility clinic in Livonia. He became a Certified Integrative Manual Therapist (CIMT) in 2021 and began teaching with Great Lakes Seminars later that year. Marcus specializes in a holistic treatment approach with focus on several types of manual therapy, including myofascial release, muscle energy techniques, and joint mobilization with and without movement. His treatment philosophy involves finding and fixing dysfunction, re-training the body, strengthening, and optimization. Marcus has a passion for working with athletes focused on both weightlifting and running. When he's outside of the clinic, he can often be found in northern Michigan enjoying life on the water or on the trails with his wife and dog.

Marcus Lewis

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