CJ’s Running Clinician Crash Course
In this focused 1.5-day course, I’ll equip clinicians with a time-tested framework to transition runners out of the medical system and back to consistent, healthy training and peak performance.
Date: January 18-19, 2025
Taught by: Chris Johnson, PT
Location: Culver City, CA
Key Event Details
Date
January 18-19, 2025
Hours
Sat: 8am – 5pm
Sun: 8am – 1pm
Location
Victory Performance and Physical Therapy
11461 Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Instructor
Chris Johnson, PT
Victory Performance and Physical Therapy
Schedule
Saturday
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Reconceptualizing the Rehab Process
Motivational interviewing, critical questioning, fostering collaboration, and guiding patients through common running-related injuries aligning with self-determination theory and the common factors model.
Motivational interviewing, critical questioning, fostering collaboration, and guiding patients through common running-related injuries aligning with self-determination theory and the common factors model.
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Coffee Break
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Simplifying Running Biomechanics
Structuring clinical exams and functional assessments around the performance demands of running.
Structuring clinical exams and functional assessments around the performance demands of running.
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Orthopedic Examination
Introduction to the Table Torsion Test and associated clinical practice patterns.
Introduction to the Table Torsion Test and associated clinical practice patterns.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Critical Physical Performance Tests
Standardizing, interpreting, and benchmarking tests focusing on lower limb tendinopathy and bone stress injuries.
Standardizing, interpreting, and benchmarking tests focusing on lower limb tendinopathy and bone stress injuries.
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Coffee Break
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Drills for Running Mastery
Introduce the essential drills, progressions, and regressions for runners of all ages and abilities, emphasizing autoregulatory programming.
Introduce the essential drills, progressions, and regressions for runners of all ages and abilities, emphasizing autoregulatory programming.
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Q&A and Lab
Practice the Table Torsion Test.
Practice the Table Torsion Test.
Sunday
8:00 am – 9:45 am
Bone Biology and Bone Stress Injury (BSI) Management
- Provide an overview of bone biology, focusing on differentiating high vs low-risk bone stress injuries BSIs and optimal management strategies for runners.
- We'll also discuss recovery timelines based on imaging and the roles of energy availability, hormonal function, and mechanotransduction in building stronger bones.
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Demystifying Tendinopathy Management
Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management principles, highlighting differences between muscle, tendon, and bone.
Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management principles, highlighting differences between muscle, tendon, and bone.
11:30 am – 11:45 am
Coffee Break
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Treadmill Analysis & Return-to-Run Programming
- Revisit the injury-to-performance spectrum
- Programming fundamentals, best practices, and understanding training intensity distribution beyond Zone 2 and the 80/20 model.
Learning Objectives
Summarize the core principles of motivational interviewing and therapeutic alliance, and learn how to apply them effectively in clinical practice to enhance patient autonomy and improve outcomes.
Identify key run-specific questions for the subjective assessment to ascertain a runner's overall health, well-being, and potential risk factors for bone stress injuries and other adverse events.
Describe the biomechanics, electromyography (EMG), kinematics, and kinetics of both walking and running, emphasizing the critical differences between these two forms of locomotion.
Recognize the severity and contributing factors of running injuries through red flag screenings and utilize the Modified Wilk Scale for staging and classifying these injuries.
Introduce "The Johnson Table Torsion Test" and its related clinical practice pattern to enhance clinical decision-making, manual interventions, and exercise prescription when runners present with unilateral, closed chain, lower extremity complaints.
Review essential physical performance tests (PPTs) specific to the performance demands of running to establish baseline capacity, screen for soft tissue injuries, and assess for bone stress injuries (BSIs).
Define high-risk versus low-risk BSIs, management strategies, and expected recovery timelines based on bone biology and imaging.
Present and discuss drills for running mastery, focusing on functional exercise progressions that incorporate neuromotor training, compound movements, and power/plyometrics.
Conduct a comprehensive running gait analysis using "The S's of Treadmill Running Analysis," combined with the Runeasi platform, to establish a qualitative and quantitative understanding of a runner's signature, with specific retraining interventions for different scenarios.
Develop and implement a structured return-to-running program using a graded exposure model to safely reintroduce runners to training and competition, focusing on lower limb tendinopathy and BSIs.
Design loading programs that integrate running and resistance training for individuals of varying ages and abilities, applying autoregulatory principles to optimize outcomes specific to lower limb tendinopathy and BSIs.
About the Instructor
Chris Johnson, PT
Chris Johnson, PT is a Seattle based physical therapist, performance coach, international speaker, and multiple time Kona Qualifier.Â
He graduated from the University of Delaware (UD) as a scholar-athlete and was the captain of the Men’s tennis team during his senior year. He remained at UD to earn his master’s degree before relocating to New York City to accept a position at the world-renowned Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine & Athletic Trauma (NISMAT).Â
He currently resides with his wife & two kids in Seattle and the founder/director of Zeren PT LLC, which provides physical therapy and performance coaching for endurance athletes.
CJ’s Running Clinician Crash Course
January 18-19, 2025
Culver City, CA
Early bird: $450 (Ends Dec 18)
Full price: $525
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