Bicycling is a form of recreation, rehabilitation, and transportation. Bicycling should play an important role with population health. The inclusion of bicyclist evaluation to the physical therapy practice makes good sense. Bicycling is a form of "gait", it is movement. It is well established that irregularities of gait or movement are causal factors of movement disorders. It is no different with a bicyclist and their bicycle equipment. A bicyclist with a bicycle related movement disorder should be evaluated by a Physical Therapist to assess and treat root cause of movement disorder. One should argue that treating a bicyclist without observing their equipment and the use of their equipment is incomplete and inefficient treatment. This course will describe and demonstrate best practices for Physical Therapists clinical work with bicyclists. This course will provide and demonstrate effective treatment interventions for the bicyclist.

Patients/clients should bring their bicycling equipment associated with injury/episode of care for evaluation. Evaluation of bicyclists' equipment requires special equipment, basic evaluation tools, bicycle tools, the mechanical knowledge of how to use them, and the use of basic adaptive/bicycle equipment (stems, saddles, seatposts, pedals, etc).

This course will provide a historical perspective of "bike fit", bicycle positioning as it relates to the physical therapy profession. It will charge the physical therapy profession to consider bicycle-related niche practices. This will allow the public to lean more towards and trust the physical therapy profession to effectively manage their bicycle movement needs as it relates neurological and musculoskeletal issues.

The course will conclude with a lab session that demonstrates basic evaluative and intervention strategies.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe basic endurance bicycling posture.
2. Describe basic bicycling function (pedaling, bicycle handling).
3. Be able to list necessary equipment for evaluation of the bicyclist.
4. Demonstrate basic static evaluation of the bicyclist.
5. Demonstrates basic dynamic evaluation of a bicyclist.
6. Be able to make reasonable accommodations/recommendations to improve a bicyclist’s condition.
7. Be able to prescribe effective forms of adaptive exercise for the improved tolerance of bicycling.

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