Description
Despite its popularity and positive impact on health, running comes with a host of associated injuries which may treated by physical therapists. This course focuses on recognizing and rehabilitating overuse injuries commonly experienced by runners of both sexes, of all ages, and of all levels of running experience.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will:
- Correctly distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors to overuse injuries over 3 scenarios
- Correctly associate biomechanics with the phases of a running cycle over 6 scenarios
- Correctly distinguish between 3 biomechanical issues associated with overpronation and underpronation
- Correctly recall 8 considerations pertaining to examining, choosing, and fitting running footwear
- Correctly identify common overuse injuries over 10 scenarios
- Correctly recognize statistics, causes/symptoms, and management/treatment options relating to overuse injuries
2.5 CE HOURS
