Course Description: Running has one of the highest injury rates for any sport with upwards of 80%1,3 of runners experiencing an injury each year. Due to these high injury rates, it is likely that most outpatient sports and orthopedic rehabilitation professionals will encounter running patients in their career. To treat a runner you must look at them as a whole athlete. It takes more than resolving impairments to get them back to their sport. Changes in gait6 can play a significant role in injury onset. This course focuses on five of the most common running gait impairments and advanced gait re-training2,7,8,9,10 and training principles to address these common impairments in running form. Course participants will learn how to set themselves apart by developing complete plans of care for running athletes by covering common impairments, gait modifications, gait re-training, training principles, injury prevention, and equipment recommendations. References: 1. Dingenen, Bart, et al. "Are two-dimensional measured frontal plane angles related to three-dimensional measured kinematic profiles during running?." Physical Therapy in Sport (2017). 2. Van Gent RN, Siem D, van Middelkoop M, van Os AG, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Koes BW. Incidence and determinants of lower extremity running injuries in long distance runners: a systematic review. Br J Sports Med. 2007;41(8):469-80; doi:10.1136/bjsm.2006.033548. 
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 8. Willson JD, Sharpee R, Meardon SA, Kernozek TW. Effects of step length on patellofemoral joint stress in female runners with and without patellofemoral pain. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2014;29(3):243-7. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2013.12.016. 
 9. Willy, R. W., et al. "In‐field gait retraining and mobile monitoring to address running biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture." Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 26.2 (2016): 197-205. 10. Willy RW, Davis IS. Varied response to mirror gait retraining of gluteus medius control, hip kinematics, pain, and function in 2 female runners with patellofemoral pain. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2013;43(12):864-74. doi:10.2519/jospt.2013.4516. 
 11. Willy RW, Scholz JP, Davis IS. Mirror gait retraining for the treatment of patellofemoral pain in female runners. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2012;27(10):1045-51. 12. Francis P, Whatman C, Sheerin K, Hume P, Johnson MI. The proportion of lower limb running injuries by gender, anatomical location and specific pathology: a systematic review. Journal of sports science & medicine. 2019 Mar;18(1):21. 13. Goodwin JS, Blackburn JT, Schwartz TA, Williams 3rd DB. Clinical predictors of dynamic lower extremity stiffness during running. journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy. 2019 Feb;49(2):98-104. 14. Bertelsen ML, Hansen M, Rasmussen S, Nielsen RO. The START-TO-RUN distance and RUNNING-RELATED injury among obese novice runners: a randomized trial. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 2018 Dec;13(6):943. 15. Napier C, MacLean CL, Maurer J, Taunton JE, Hunt MA. Real-time biofeedback of performance to reduce braking forces associated with running-related injury: An exploratory study. journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy. 2019 Mar;49(3):136-44.