Gait Analysis Course Dates 2025
New course dates in 2025 for our ‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach’ course are now being organised. Day 1 and Day 2 will as always be delivered online, and then Day 3 will be a full day in-person practical at a chosen location in the UK. Dates for a Manchester cohort (click for details) in Feb/March 2025 have already been released:
- Day 1: February 8th – Online Theory (live)
- Day 2: February 15th – Online Theory (live)
- Day 3: March 8th – In Person Practical at Chews Health, Altrincham, WA15 7LU
If there are any other regions in the UK (and beyond) where you would like Day 3 to be held, please click here to make a suggestion (see button at end of linked page).
Who Is The Course For?
The course is designed for any practitioner interested in starting up a Gait Analysis For Runners service, including:
• Sports Massage Therapists
• Sports Therapists
• Soft Tissue Therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Chiropractors
• Osteopaths
Will I Need A Treadmill?
The course explores all options to allow you to design a gait analysis service that suits YOUR business and YOUR clients, including:
• Indoors with treadmill
• Outdoors with no treadmill
• On treadmill in a public gym
• Large or small space
• Big or small budget
What Course Content Is A Modern Approach To Gait Analysis?
Gait Analysis can be a hugely beneficial tool for runners, but often not for the reasons we are traditionally taught. Despite the popular use of Gait Analysis to screen runners for ‘biomechanical flaws’ to reduce running related injury and/or increase running performance, the success of such is often hit & miss. The fact that so many runners still get injured (or re-injured) is testimony to this. In this course, running injury & performance specialist Matt Phillips of runchatlive.com will not only guide you through all of the traditional elements of Gait Analysis, but also draw upon research to highlight the limitations of a solely ‘biomechanical’ approach. With this in mind, we can then consider evidence-informed ways that we can use a gait analysis service to help runners recovery from injury, reduce risk of future injury, and optimise performance.
Course Content
The content of the course is flexible & weighted to the level and needs of participants. Overall, the following elements are included:
• Biomechanics of running – gait cycle, injury & performance
• Causes of running related injury – perceived vs. evidence based
• The relationship of Load, Injury & Pain
• Subjective & Objective Assessment
• Indoor Gait Analysis: 2D vs 3D
• Outdoor Gait Analysis
• Gait modification & re-education
• Strength training for runners
• Footwear – trainers & orthoses
Minimal Requirements Of Qualification:
Anyone with a Level 3 qualification or above is welcome to join the course, but attendees must be aware of their own personal scope of practice, as directed by their personal level of qualification. For example, to assess any injury, a minimum of Level 4 is required, so attendees without Level 4 would in theory be allowed to provide gait analysis as a means of offering symptom modification & support for a runner who has already been assessed for injury by a Level 4 therapist, and not be allowed to offer any form of clinical reasoning to identify the source of injury. Insurance providers will need to be made aware if this.
Want more information?
As we mentioned, dates for the Manchester cohort (click for details) in Feb/March 2025 have already been released. If there are any other regions in the UK (and beyond) where you would like Day 3 to be held, please click here to make a suggestion. As always, if you have any questions do please feel free to use our contact form, and be sure to sign up for the Runchatlive Newsletter.
