The Movement System: Advanced Running Assessment and Treatment
Presented by Jared Vagy

 Non-Financial: Jared Vagy is a TheraBand Academy Speaker.
Additional Content
Additional athlete movement system courses presented by Dr. Jared Vagy include:
The Movement System
- The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Low Back Pain
- The Movement System: Humeral Syndromes of the Shoulder
- The Movement System: Scapular Syndromes of the Shoulder
- The Movement System: Assessment and Treatment of Knee Pain
- The Movement System: Syndromes of the Femur
- The Movement System: Syndromes of the Foot and Ankle
- The Movement System: Syndromes of the Hip
- The Movement System: Syndromes of the Neck
- The Movement System: Advanced Running Assessment and Treatment
- The Athlete Movement System: Speed, Power, and Agility
- The Movement System: Throwing Biomechanics and Treatment
- The Athlete Movement System: Tennis Biomechanics and Treatment
- The Movement System: Practical Swimming Biomechanics and Treatment
- The Athlete Movement System: Rock Climbing
- The Athlete Movement System: Upper Quarter (Recorded Webinar)
- The Athlete Movement System: Lower Quarter (Recorded Webinar)
- The Athlete Movement System: Spine (Recorded Webinar)
Meet your instructor
Jared Vagy
Jared Vagy received his doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from the University of Southern California (USC) and completed a one-year residency in orthopedics and a one-year fellowship in movement science. Dr. Vagy is a clinical associate professor of physical therapy in the DPT program at USC and is a mentor in both the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Advanced Running Assessment
In this chapter, Dr. Vagy teaches you joint angle normative values during the running cycle, factors that influence running mechanics, and a movement system model for analyzing and treating running injuries. You will be introduced to concepts of speed of force generation, closed kinetic chain testing, mirroring movement, and cross body assessment. Learn how to integrate these advanced orthopedic assessments with running biomechanics to determine hypothesized impairments. This will enable you to treat the identified impairment and return the patient to running without pain.
2. Dynamometry and Speed of Force Generation
In this chapter, Dr. Vagy teaches how to utilize dynamometry to calculate maximal voluntary isometric contraction and use concepts of speed of force generation in the assessment and treatment of a runner. You will learn how to capture the acceleration component of force with impulse muscle testing and how to match your assessments and treatments to the cadence of the running cycle. Learn how to apply these concepts into a clinical case of a runner with medial knee pain during the absorption phase of the running cycle.
3. Closed Kinetic Chain Testing and Cross Body Assessment
In this chapter, Dr. Vagy teaches how to utilize concepts of closed kinetic chain muscle testing and cross body assessments. You will learn how to perform muscle tests in the closed kinetic chain to simulate the muscular demands during the running cycle. You will further learn how mobility deficits on one side of the body can affect running mechanics on the contralateral side. Learn how to apply these concepts to clinical cases of runners with lower quarter pain during both the stance and swing phases of the running cycle.
4. Mirroring Movement
In this chapter, Dr. Vagy introduces a case that highlights the importance of replicating running phase positions during assessment and treatment. The case involves a runner who has anterior hip pain during the swing phase. Learn how to develop orthopedic assessments that mirror both the propulsion and swing phases of running. Treat the identified impairment with exercise that replicates the affected running phase position.
More courses in this series
The Movement System: Advanced Running Assessment and Treatment
Jared Vagy
The Movement System: Practical Swimming Biomechanics and Treatment
Jared Vagy
The Movement System: Throwing Biomechanics and Treatment
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Lower Quarter (Recorded Webinar)
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Tennis Biomechanics and Treatment
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Speed, Power, and Agility
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Upper Quarter (Recorded Webinar)
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Spine (Recorded Webinar)
Jared Vagy
The Athlete Movement System: Rock Climbing
Jared Vagy
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