APTA Evaluation and Treatment of the Injured Runner
Recorded On: 10/24/2026
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- Non-Member - $129
- PT Member - $89
- PTA Member - $89
- Student - Free!
- Post-Professional Student - $89
- APTA Staff - Free!
APTA Evaluation and Treatment of the Injured Runner
Strengthen your ability to evaluate running-related injuries, develop targeted rehabilitation strategies, and safely progress runners back to sport.
Explore evidence-based approaches to the assessment and management of common running-related injuries, including tendinopathies and bone stress injuries. Learn how factors such as training load, nutrition, recovery, sleep, and psychosocial considerations influence rehabilitation, performance, and return-to-sport decision-making.
What You'll Learn
By completing this course, you'll be able to:
- Apply a runner-centered approach to evaluation and clinical decision-making by considering training history, recovery, nutrition, lifestyle factors, and patient goals.
- Differentiate common running-related injuries, including tendinopathies, bone stress injuries, and apophyseal injuries, using subjective screening, objective examination, functional testing, and running gait analysis.
- Identify key factors that influence injury risk and recovery, including RED-S, the athlete triad, iron deficiency, sleep, psychological stress, and training load management.
- Develop evidence-based rehabilitation strategies, exercise prescriptions, and progression criteria for runners with common lower-extremity injuries.
- Design individualized return-to-run and return-to-sport programs based on injury severity, tissue healing, training variables, and athlete-specific goals.
Course Highlights
- Flexible online learning: Complete this self-paced course on your schedule and revisit course content as needed.
- Clinical decision-making: Strengthen your ability to select interventions based on examination findings, clinical considerations, and individual patient needs.
- Downloadable resources: Access practical tools and reference materials to support continued learning and application after the course.
- Earn CEUs: 0.5 CEUs (5 contact hours)
Registration Rates
- APTA member PTs, PTAs, and post-professionals: $89
- APTA student members: Free
- Nonmembers: $129
Nathan Carlson
PT, DPT
Nathan Carlson, PT, DPT is a running-specific physical therapist and practice owner based in Kansas City. He specializes in the treatment of tendinopathies and bone stress injuries in runners of all ability levels. He teaches both nationally and internationally on the management of bone stress injuries and strength training for endurance athletes. He is also a reviewer for the International Journal of Exercise Science.
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