Running injury assessment & treatment part 3 - Footwear and strengthening

Discover how to advise your runners on footwear, how to perform strengthening for runners, and how to incorporate a return to running program for your injured runners.

This webinar follows on from, and adds to the webinars - “How to perform a running assessment” and “Treatment of runners and running retraining” with Dr Rich Willy.

Discover:

• How does foot type affect footwear prescription?
• Which types of shoes result in the lowest injury rates?
• Who is, and who definitely isn’t suitable for minimalist shoes?
• How does shoe drop affect injury rates?
• Which shoes should you recommend to your runners?
• When should your runner avoid a supportive or varus wedged shoe?
• Does strengthening result in increased or decreased running performance?
• Which exercises and repetition range are effective for strengthening runners?
• Are there negative effects of strength training on running efficiency?
• Should runners stretch?
• Stretching or strengthening?
• How can we balance collagen degradation/synthesis to improve tendon strength?
• How can we strengthen tendons?
• How often should we run and load tendons to strengthen the tendon and minimise collagen breakdown?
• What effect does aging have on tendon, and how does this affect your runners?
• How can non-functional exercises become functional?
• High or low load programs for PFJP?

Return to running programs

• What order should you include strength training, plyometrics, walking and running?
• What cross training options can you use?
• What are important considerations specifically when returning foot, ankle and knee injuries to running?
• Which injured areas are more suitable for treadmill vs overground running?
• When should strength training be performed - on rest/cross-training  or running days?