COURSES AND MEMBERSHIPS
FOR ENTHUSIASTS
Fit Feet Program
An innovative new way to train your feet for reduced pain and improved performance. A 12-week online program designed by clinicians and tailored to your foot type. Designed for Every Human Sole.
Foot Function Membership
A membership designed for anyone who wants to improve their lower body health.
Little Lifelong Athletes: A Course for Parents
Over 8 hours of information and interviews with professional athletes to help you foster a positive environment for your young athlete.
FOR PRACTITIONERS
Gait Guru Membership
A membership for practitioners. Lower body assessment and treatment strategies, live zoom think tanks, a community of other practitioners and more.
6 Common Foot Types: Assessment and Treatment
This course takes a deeper dive into musculoskeletal and fascial anatomy of the foot before delving into six common foot types, how to assess them, common injuries seen with them, specific recommendations on how to address them, and a brief introduction to using foot mapping.
Clinical meets Functional: A Dual Perspective to Approaching Foot Dysfunction
Dr. Conley joins Dr. Emily Splichal for this 11 hour online course. Dive into dysfunctions of the forefoot, midfoot, and rearfoot and learn when you can treat from a functional perspective and when additional strategies may be necessary.
**Online Courses are not currently pre-approved for CEUs. We do have documentation available if you would like to submit to your board for approval.
LIVE COURSES INFORMATION
2022 DATES AND LOCATIONS
With Guest Lecture from Dr. Tom Michaud
October 8 & 9
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2023 DATES AND LOCATIONS
The Functional Gait Assessment Level One course is an in-person 16 contact hour course designed for health care practitioners interested in seeking advanced knowledge and understanding of lower extremity biomechanics in the gait cycle, as well as specific assessment strategies for the lower quarter with the purpose of restoring function, eliminating pain and normalizing gait for musculoskeletal patients. It is recommended that participants hold a certification or degree of higher education including but not limited to Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Chiropractic, Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, or Certified Athletic Trainer.
This course involves connecting the relationship of the kinetic chain as well as the anatomy and biomechanics of the lower quarter. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to assess the lower quarter through dynamic gait analysis, postural assessment, palpation, and dynamic orthopedic testing. We will discuss and demonstrate assessment techniques that will improve the clinician’s ability to identify and address musculoskeletal dysfunction and improve patient’s motor function.
During day 1, the participants will begin by learning a step by step approach to assess gait mechanics, both identifying normal gait parameters as well as aberrant patterns in the human gait cycle via lecture, case studies, and interactive labs.
During day 2, participants will dive deeper into specific assessment strategies for the forefoot, midfoot, rearfoot, ankle, hip, spine, and posterior chain. They will also learn to identify common congenital defects and their implications in the gait cycle. Each section of day two will have a hands-on laboratory session to practice assessment techniques amongst participants. This hands-on experience will give participants the tools to be able to apply their knowledge gained in the course immediately upon returning to patient care.
Participants will receive a certificate for successful completion of the course upon completing the Post Course Assessment with a score of 85% or higher. Participants will have 48 hours to complete the assessment.
Approximate Instructor / Student Ratio: 2:40
Instructors vary by course location
CEUs:
This course is pre-approved for 16 contact hours by APTA Kentucky.
This course is pre-approved for 15 contact hours or 1.5 CEUs for California PT’s.
This course is pre-approved for 15 contact hours for Athletic Trainers
The Following states are approved by virtue of Kentucky and California: Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
The following states are considered “meet the standard states“ and do not require approval if the course is quality and/or approved in other states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
*Registration is limited to 35 participants, register now before the classes fill
**Student discount available, email photocopy of student ID to info@gaithappens.com
AFFILIATED COURSES
Top Down Bottom Up Online
This 2-day recorded webinar with over 10 hours of recorded lecture and lab will aim at not only deepening your understanding of gait, and biomechanics, but of assessment and treatment strategies that are immediately applicable to you and your clients. The TDBU course is designed for practitioners or anyone who will be assessing gait.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“I would recommend the Gait Guru program to anyone interested in developing a detailed understanding of gait, both how to assess it and also how to treat injuries that are caused by it. It opened my eyes to critical aspects of lower body function and I use the information daily to the benefit of my patients. I already have had several patients where I can now clearly see the cause of their lower extremity injuries and have helped them where prior to this program I would have been off the mark. Thank you so much Gait Gurus!”
-Dr Adam Sundberg
“I just want to say thanks again for the [Functional Gait Assessment] course this weekend. I can’t tell you how many patients I have seen over the last three days that I’ve noticed something completely different in their movement patterns than when I evaluated them and have been able to start correcting things down at the foot that are really affecting them up the chain. AND, I’m getting really good pt buy in. Excited to keep educating myself on the foot and getting even better!”
-Dr Andrea Rector
“I just wanted to thank you for the foot type course. I am a podiatrist and found the course very helpful which I will try to use more during my clinical assessments. Although surgically trained I still want to maximize what patients can do by increasing mobility in the foot and up the chain. Y’all are my favorite IG account for foot related things. Looking forward to more stuff from you.”
-Dr. Janie Trinh
“Seriously guys, that class [foot types course] was amazing! I can’t wait to get back to work because there was so much that’s easy to understand and implement immediately. It makes me honestly excited!”
-TJ Knowles
“I have absolutely loved the ‘6 Different Foot Types’ online course from Gait Happens. I work in movement therapy and felt this has been a really important missing piece of the puzzle for me. I already know how important feet are (and frequently see clients who clearly have a foot problem causing issues all over their body) but lacked some understanding of the nitty gritty behind the mechanics of different foot types. This has pulled all of this together for me. I am looking forward to talking my clients through ‘their foot type’ to try and give even more client education and engagement from them. Thanks Dr Perez and Dr Conley.”
-‘Posture Ellie’ aka a Pelvic Dumper.