As clinicians, we all know the hardest part of managing runners isn’t the physical treatment—it’s the load management. You can rarely convince a runner to completely stop running, nor should you. To keep them conditioned to their sport, you must master the art of the subjective history.
Whether you are returning to practice and looking to rebuild your confidence, or an active practitioner wanting to impress your clients with an elite understanding of their sport, this free video masterclass provides the exact framework you need.
In this session, we break down the 7 critical screening questions you must ask every running client (injured or not) to spot potential tissue failures before they happen:
1. Surface & Camber Dynamics: How running on roads vs. trails radically alters varus/valgus forces and changes proprioceptive brain mapping.
2. Footwear & Orthoses Architecture: The exact running shoe anatomy required for sagittal plane motion, and how to spot if an orthotic is secretly blocking trail adaptation.
3. The Elevation Illusion: Why running up hills is great for functional power, but why it absolutely does notqualify as true strength training.
4. True Strength Training Frameworks: The rep-range threshold required to stimulate actual muscular adaptations and improve running efficiency.
5. Volume & Distance Variability: How to structure weekly distances to force natural pacing shifts and build highly adaptable tissue.
6. The Ground Impact Forces of Speed: Why rapid changes in target pace cause severe tissue stress, and how to safely coach a client through gradual speed progression.
7. Advanced Load History (ACWR): Moving past the flawed “10% rule” and introducing the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio to map a highly accurate, sustainable monthly progression.
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