If you work with runners, at some point you will want to look at their running gait. However, not all of us have the space or money to put a suitable treadmill in our clinic. So what alternatives are there?
• Outdoor Gait Analysis
• Gait Analysis using a treadmill in a public gym
In our CPD course ‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach’, both of these options are explored, with the goal of helping you design a gait analysis service that suits YOUR business and YOUR clients. The course also looks at use of a treadmill, and how to fit that into your available space and budget, but the essential focus is on finding a practical, evidence informed system that works for YOU.
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
• Podiatrists
• Chiropractors
• Osteopaths
When Are The Next Courses?
Callander Scotland Cohort (click to book):
• Day 1: SUNDAY October 19th 1pm- 5pm – Online Theory (live)
• Day 2: SUNDAY November 2nd 1pm-5pm – Online Theory (live)
• Day 3: SATURDAY November 8th 9.30am-5pm – In-Person at McLaren Community Leisure Centre FK17 8JP*
* Free transport is being organised from Stirling Railway Station to the venue (30 minute drive). Please let us know if you wish to use this.
If there are any other locations in the UK (and beyond) where you would like Day 3 to be held, or if you would like to host the course, please click here to make a suggestion.
What 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.
About The Course Presenter
Matt Phillips is a Running Injury & Performance Specialist with over ten years of clinical experience in a multidisciplinary practice. He created his website Runchatlive.com and the Runchatlive Podcast to help MSK therapists, coaches & runners move beyond outdated approaches, and adopt a more evidence-informed approach for injury prevention & management. A sought-after speaker at national and international conferences, Matt has contributed to numerous websites and magazines and spent time in Nairobi helping establish one of the first gait analysis clinics in Kenya. His hybrid CPD course, ‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach‘, offered online and in-person, is highly popular.
Matt also has a long history of working in education, as a tutor of Anatomy & Physiology and Functional Skills English, with a passion for helping individuals enhance their communication skills. He applies this expertise to healthcare, assisting practitioners in developing the skills needed to facilitate effective client and patient behaviour change. He has recently launched a new online CPD course, ‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills for Clinical Practice‘ , blending evidence-based communication techniques with practical behaviour change models to provide health care practitioners with a selection of approaches to help clients & patients embrace positive, meaningful behaviour change, and see opportunity in professional advice rather than hinderance & challenge. Full details are available at The ST School website.
Matt is also host of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, now in its fifth year. Recorded live every Tuesday on the Sports Therapy Association YouTube channel since November 2020, the podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
