Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach (Callander Scotland Cohort) - Part 3

‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach’ is coming to Scotland! The course will be two ONLINE sessions, then one IN-PERSON day in Callander, gateway to the Highlands, just 16 miles from Stirling. Join us to attain the knowledge & skills needed to put together a modern, evidence-informed gait analysis service, individualised for YOUR business and YOUR clients’ needs. Includes preparation for both indoor & outdoor gait analysis. Our thanks to P.R.E.P Recover & Rise & Scottish Therapists Facebook Group for helping bring this course to Scotland!

Callander Scotland Course Dates

• ONLINE Session 1: SUNDAY 19th October 1:00pm-5.00pm
• ONLINE Session 2: SUNDAY 2nd November 1:00pm-5.00pm
• IN-PERSON Day: SATURDAY 8th November 9.30am-5pm (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.  

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

Gait Analysis on Treadmill Or Outdoors?

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 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 of this.