Bones, Tendons, Weights, & Whistles | NYC

_COURSE DESCRIPTION_: If you work with runners, developing a keen understanding of bone stress injuries, tendon related disorders, resistance training, and coaching principles is essential to foster optimal outcomes. This 2-day course is designed for practitioners looking to be fast tracked when it comes to migrating runners out of the medical system and back to consistent and healthy training. An emphasis will be placed on communication strategies, running specific functional assessments, exercise prescription/program design, and running gait analysis as it relates to addressing pain and dysfunction as well as performance. Bone stress injuries and tendon related disorders will be a primary focus of the course considering that runners often present with such pathology, which poses a unique set of challenges for practitioners that often go under-appreciated. This course is approved for CEUs in the state of WA & OR. _STRUCTURE_: an eclectic course that draws on the best and most current research related to pain, exercise, biomechanics, resistance training, assessment, running gait analysis/retraining and program design. The course is designed to afford an intimate learning environment while affording ample time for questions, interaction, and reflective learning. The course is open to PTs, PTAs, MDs, DCs, ATCs, and certified personal trainers. _CANCELLATION FEE_: A full refund will be issued to registrants who make a written request via email provided that it is received three weeks prior to the course date (Apr 25th, 2020). A refund of 50% will be granted for cancellations received within three weeks while a 25% refund will be provided within seven days of the course date.