Speaker: Christopher S. Hart, PT, DPT, CSCS, USAW
Contact Hours: 4.25 contact hours (MN BPT Cat. 1)

About This Course

Rehabilitation professionals are proficient at managing pain as well as addressing impairments and movement dysfunction. However, a disparity exists in the terminal phases of injury recovery as to how best to prepare athletes for sport. Even with good intentions, an athlete can still be underprepared leading to suboptimal athletic readiness for their sport and potentially an increased risk of re-injury.  

Unfortunately, there is little agreement in the literature on best practice in the later phases of rehab. Medical professionals must then look to strength & conditioning professionals and their research to guide the preparation of injured athletes. 

This short course will provide the busy clinician with relevant and updated information on sport performance enhancement for direct athlete application in the clinic. Lecture and lab sessions will help clinicians integrate these strength & conditioning principles into practice.

Course Objectives

• Review strength & conditioning principles for sports performance
• Introduce benchmark testing and available literature
• Learn the testing procedures for common benchmark tests and how to interpret the results
• Introduce the concept of periodization and its application to rehabilitation
• Discuss proper program design and volume prescription based from benchmark testing

Course Schedule

7:30am-8:00am        Registration
8:00am-8:30am        Discuss the role of strength & conditioning in rehab and sports performance
8:30am-9:00am        Review of clinically relevant strength training principles 
9:00am-9:30am        Introduction of strength training hierarchy and benchmarks
9:30am-9:45am        Break
9:45am-11:30am      Mixture of lab / lecture on benchmark testing, administration, and interpretation
11:30am-12:30pm    Introduction of periodization, its application to rehabilitation, and appropriate programming prescription  

Speaker Biography