A Comprehensive Approach to Sports Rehab

Joseph Villena, PT, MPT, OCS, CSCS, COMT

Online Course

Includes all course content in digital format

Prerequisites Required
6 hours - Provided by Summit Professional Education

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Description

Now more than ever, people are more active and are participating in athletic and recreational activities ranging from running to extreme sports resulting in a number of orthopedic injuries. Expectations in the rehabilitation of these injuries are to utilize an evidence-based approach to develop appropriate exercise programs. Therefore, it is imperative that the orthopedic rehab professional have a strong understanding of all aspects of evidence-based research on exercise and sports science to create the link from injury to recovery to full return to sport.

This innovative course combines basic concepts of physics, biomechanics, and physiology with movement analysis to help participants develop sport specific training programs. Participants will learn how to systematically break down fundamental athletic movements using current research, in depth discussions, and video analysis. Evidence-based protocols for upper and lower extremity return to sport will be introduced as well as the concept of periodization. Participants will return to their practice with multiple tools to maximize recovery from injury for every patient from the weekend warrior to the professional athlete.

Highlights

  • Develop sound clinical reasoning strategies utilizing a combination of exercise physiology, biomechanics, and evidence based research to develop more comprehensive strength and endurance exercises for rehabilitation
  • Become a movement expert! Enhance your clinical skills to systematically break down common athletic movements (running, sprinting, and throwing) to identify limitations or compensations that may lead to injury or pain
  • Improve your abilities to establish proper exercise progressions for post-operative rehab or in preparation for returning from injury to an active lifestyle (i.e. marathons, annual competition, club and seasonal sports, etc.)
  • Review important research findings on evidence-based return to sport testing for common sports related surgeries (such as ACL reconstruction or shoulder labral repairs) to establish appropriate rehab timelines and immediately determine if your patient is ready to return to play
  • Obtain practical assessment tools and references to help you easily implement these concepts into clinical practice the next day for your active patients

Learning Objectives

  1. Evaluate fundamental physics and biomechanics in human movement and performance as they relate to sport specific rehabilitation training.
  2. Differentiate the bioenergetics and physiological changes associated with anaerobic and aerobic exercises and apply the information to demonstrate the metabolic specificity of training.
  3. Interpret the concepts of periodization and examine program variables for implementation in clinical practice.
  4. Utilize a systematic running analysis to develop functional interventions and modification strategies to overcome injury and improve performance in runners.
  5. Describe the biomechanical constructs of sprinting in individual and team sports and apply concepts of plyometrics and agility for speed training.
  6. Utilize the biomechanics associated with the overhead athlete to develop appropriate performance and rehabilitation exercises.
  7. Apply an evidence-based model for upper and lower extremity return to sport.

Course Content

A Comprehensive Approach to Sports Rehab
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Module
  1. Physics and Biomechanics in Human Movement and Sports Performance
    1. What is evidence-based practice
    2. Determining the appropriate intensity of training for the injured athlete
    3. Physics 101
    4. Variable resistance training
    5. Acceleration training
    6. Exercise prescription parameters
  2. Demonstrating Metabolic Specificity of Training for Rehabilitation and Performance
    1. Anaerobic training
    2. Anaerobic energy systems and adaptations to training
    3. Program design
    4. Aerobic training
    5. The oxidative system and adaptations to training
    6. Types of aerobic training programs
    7. Program design
  3. Designing Periodization Training Programs to Improve Strength, Endurance, and Athletic Function
    1. Periodization theories
    2. Types and phases of periodization
    3. Putting it all together for the weekend warrior or professional athlete
  4. Movement Analysis and Rehab Strategies for the OverheadAthlete
    1. Throwing biomechanics and EMG analysis
    2. Rehabilitation and re-training concepts
  5. Improving Running Biomechanics, Analysis, and Alternative Treatment Methods
    1. Running biomechanics
    2. Running analysis - What to look for and what it means toyou
    3. Alternative treatment methods for enhancing performance and injury prevention
  6. Constructing Programs for Sprinting and Speed in Individual and Team Sports
    1. The physics of speed and sprinting biomechanics
    2. Principles of speed training - Drills, plyometrics, and agility training
    Hands-On Lab
  7. Evidence-Based Model for Return to Sport Testing for the Upper and Lower Extremity
    1. Functional testing algorithm and testing for lower extremity return to sport
    2. Introduction to the FLEE (functional lower extremity evaluation)
    3. Baseline and functional testing for upper extremity return to sport

Joseph Villena PT, MPT, OCS, CSCS, COMT, graduated cum laude from the University of San Francisco in 1998 with a Bachelor of Art degree in Exercise and Sports Science. He received his Master of Physical Therapy degree from Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles in 2001. Joseph has over 20 years of clinical experience and has worked in a variety of orthopedic practices. In 2008, Joseph completed the yearlong course for Australian Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy and obtained his specialization as a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist. He obtained additional specializations as an APTA Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist in 2011 and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in 2016.

Joseph was a Senior Physical Therapist for Stanford Outpatient Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy where he was recognized as an Advanced Clinician. He was a faculty instructor and primary mentor for the Stanford Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program, assisted physicians with patient care during clinic hours, and was involved with a Stanford wellness program for runners. Joseph is an adjunct instructor for Samuel Merritt University's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program where he teaches orthopedic management and sports medicine. He works for the Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Center in San Francisco, California where he contributes to the development of their ACL and sports rehabilitation programs.


DISCLOSURES

FINANCIAL: Joseph Villena is compensated by Summit as an instructor.

NONFINANCIAL: Joseph Villena has no non-financial relationships to disclose.

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