CJ’s Running Clinician Crash Course
In this focused 1-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: December 7, 2024
Taught by: Chris Johnson, PT
Location: Sky Health | New York, NY 10016
Event Details
Date: December 7, 2024
Hours: 8am – 5:45pm
Instructor: Chris Johnson, PT
Location:
Sky Health NYC
251 5th Ave, 7th Floor
New York City, NY 10016
Sky Health NYC
Day Schedule
8am - 9am
Reconceptualizing the rehab process: motivational interviewing, asking critical questions, fostering collaboration, and guiding the patient journey through common running-related injuries, aligning with self-determination theory and the common factors model.
9am - 9:15am
Coffee Break
9:15am - 10:15am
Simplifying running biomechanics: structuring evaluations around the performance demands of running.
10:15am - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30am - 12:00pm
Orthopedic examination on the plinth, introducing the Table Torsion Test and associated clinical practice patterns.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Key physical performance tests: standardization, interpretation, and benchmarks with a focus on lower limb tendinopathy and bone stress injuries.
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Coffee Break
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Drills for Running Mastery: essential drills, progressions, and regressions every runner should master, across all ages and abilities with an emphasis on autoregulatory programming
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Nimble treadmill analysis: combining qualitative and quantitative methods with gait retraining considerations.
4:45pm - 5:45pm
Crafting high-stakes return-to-run programs: 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.
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).
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
December 7, 2024
NY, NY
Early bird: $325 (Ends Oct 31)
Full price: $375
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