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A Complete Guide to Understanding Your Runner Programme
Become equipped with comprehensive knowledge about the assessment and management of different running athletes
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Dawn Nunes
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Dawn Nunes

Dawn is an enthusiastic sportswoman and physiotherapist with over 15 years of experience in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy

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Introduction

Running is a very popular sport globally. Running is also a recognised and accessible choice for health, sports and leisure activity. However, not all running is the same. Different types of running have different characteristics and specific aspects that should be considered during any prehabilitation and rehabilitation related assessment and management. In this programme, Dawn Nunes will cover aspects such as understanding your runner, subjective assessment, comprehensive running analysis, biomechanical analysis and testing, equipment, training, recovery, running injuries and rehabilitation as it relates to different types of running and running shoe recommendations.

Aims

The aim of this programme of courses is to give you a comprehensive understanding of different types of running athletes, as well as their assessment and management.

Outline

This programme will cover the following topics:

  1. An Introduction to Understanding Your Runner
  2. Subjective Assessment of a Runner
  3. Shoe Analysis - Shoe Anatomy
  4. Assessment and Fitting of a Running Shoe
  5. Practical Musculoskeletal Testing for Runners

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 11-13 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 11.1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Complete each of the required courses
  5. Submit a written assignment that meets and passes the assessment criteria.
  6. Complete a course evaluation form.

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Courses in this programme
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An Introduction to Understanding Your Runner

1-1.5 hours

553

Dawn Nunes

Presented by Dawn Nunes

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Subjective Assessment of a Runner

1-1.5 hours

452

Dawn Nunes

Presented by Dawn Nunes

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Shoe Analysis – Shoe Anatomy

1-1.5 hours

440

Dawn Nunes

Presented by Dawn Nunes

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Assessment and Fitting of a Running Shoe

1-1.5 hours

451

Dawn Nunes

Presented by Dawn Nunes

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Practical Musculoskeletal Testing for Runners

1-1.5 hours

384

Dawn Nunes

Presented by Dawn Nunes