Effective Prevention and Treatment of Running Injuries: Utilizing Multiple Therapeutic Techniques to Improve Recovery and Performance

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Darrell Locket, MAT, ATC/L, LMT, CSCS, MSCA-CPT, GT, Cert.DN Related seminars and products

D-LOCK MUSCULOSKELETAL SPECIALIST, LLC

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Darrell Locket, MAT, ATC/L, LMT, CSCS, MSCA-CPT, GT, Cert.DN, is the owner of D-Lock Musculoskeletal Specialist Inc as an Air National Guard Pre-habilitation subcontractor through the Optimizing Human Weapon System Services (OHWS) for the 187th Fighter Wing “Red-Tails” at Dannelly Field, Alabama Air National Guard. Mr. Locket holds certifications as an athletic trainer, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and certified personal trainer. He is a Graston Technique® Provider; certified in dry needling from American Academy of Manipulative Therapy; certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork from NCBGTMB; and trained in Beijing China with traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Mr. Locket’s unique combination of education, experience, and passion translates into highly innovative and effective rehabilitation solutions.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Darrell Locket is the owner and director of The Musculoskeletal Specialist, LLC and has employment relationships with the Alabama Air National Guard 187th Fighter Wing, Edward Waters College, and the Chinese Olympic Committee. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Darrell Locket has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Identify intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors that predispose a runner to injury.
2. Examine the differences in musculoskeletal injuries for each type of runner (competitive, youth, seniors, etc.) to develop treatment plans for maximum effectiveness with each population.
3. Choose creative therapeutic techniques for aggressively rehabilitating injured runners and preventing re-injury.
4. Utilize non-traditional therapies and soft tissue strategies to support pain attenuation and enhance the healing process.
5. Determine when to apply muscular endurance vs. muscular strength according to clients’ individualized needs.
6. Choose rehabilitation regimens to prevent deconditioning and get clients back into shape as quickly and safely as possible.

Outline

• Determine what is wrong
  • biomechanical abnormality
  • pes planus
  • pes clavus
• Intrinsic factors to consider
  • hip flexor and extensor stretching
  • calf and shin stretching
• Extrinsic factors to consider
  • running shoes
  • training
  • warm-up
  • core strength
  • nutrition

• Varied symptoms and therapeutic recommendations specific to each population of runners for the following injuries/conditions:
  • Lower extremity
    • Achilles, strain, bursitis, and tendinitis
    • heel pain and planter fasciitis
    • neuroma
    • shin splints
    • ankle sprain
    • tibia, fibula & foot stress fractures
    • patellofemoral pain syndrome
    • hamstring and quadriceps strain
    • popliteus tendinitis
    • iliotibial band syndrome
    • gastrocnemius and soleus strain
  • Back pain
    • common culprits
    • mechanical imbalance
    • limb length discrepancy
    • pelvic imbalance
    • spinal curvature
    • degenerative disc

• Gait and posture re-education to reduce the domino-effect
• Combining passive range of motion (ROM) with Russian electronic muscle stimulators (EMS)
• Massage therapy for lymph flow
• Manual eccentric resistance for greater development in muscle size and strength
• Therapeutic kinesiology elastic taping techniques for various situations
  • The 24-hour healing process
  • Gait control theory
  • Mobility
  • Contraindications

• Apply therapeutic kinesiology elastic taping techniques
  • For common running injuries
  • For performance enhancement
• Common problems encountered when injury occurs
• Maintain or increase performance and/or fitness level
• Training the energy systems
• Regimens for cardio-pulmonary system:
  • Core
  • Upper extremity
  • Lower extremity

• Prevent injury/re-injury in varying client populations
  • muscular endurance vs. muscular strength
  • beginners’ routine
  • intermediate routine
  • advanced routine
  • considerations specific to client type/population: athletes, teenagers, seniors, women, men, etc.

Target Audience

• Athletic Trainers
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists
• Exercise Physiologists
• Massage Therapists
• Personal Trainers
• Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Physicians