PT 715- Running & Running-Related Injuries 2026

Why run?

Health benefits of running

what is running? implications:

Phases of running: formal vs alternate

Phases of running: formal vs alternate

normal mechanics

Biomechanical Requirements

Essential muscles for running

Running Related Injury (RRI)

Road runners: typically overuse typ injuries – tissue load has exceeded capacity

Trail: repetitive are less common cause footstrike itsnt as even – they are more trauma related (slipped, fallen, sprained ankle, rolled it, tripped on something)

Injuries: consistent factors

Factors contributing to running inuries

Shock attenuation (passive vs active picture)

Running impact: does heel strike increase impact?; downhill; uphill

The closer your foot is to under your COM the less ground reaction forces you will have

The more you can get your foot under COM the more efficient you will be

If you put your leg way out front its causing you to provide more effort

Loading rate

Clinical Conditions associated with poor active shock attenuation

poor limb alignment

clinical conditionas associated with poor pelvis/trunk stability

Runner evaluation

Outcome measures

Running hx

footwear

biomechanical exam

biomechanical evaluation 2

Runner Readiness Assessment

RRA - Breakouts

Loading levels assessment

why video?

video analysis

Gait categories

Categorizing allows ___

Patient centered approach

treating runners image

Shifting load: active; passive

interventions

running technique

cadence

training progression

general recommendations

Exercise goals

exercise (strength training)

Adding plyometrics

footwear (traditional vs truth)

footwear 2: increasing cushion =

minamalist footwear? requirements

other footwear considerations: what is the best indicator; maximalist vs minamalist

orthotics

what does all that mean?

tibial stress fracture: tensile vs compressive

Cues: tensile

cues: compressive

ITB syndrome

PFPS:

cues: think of your “knee caps” as ____

plantar fascia: one or both of the following (running fault=)

achilles tendinopathy: what problem; one or a combo of the following

Hamstring train/tendinopathy (what problem; one or a combo of the following)

Low back pain

Cues: falling into wall drill; short foot

Minimal vs maximal

minmal vs maximal 2: the resks and mebefits of running barefoot or in minimalist shoes