Continuing Education
Continue to expand your skills and knowledge with our Continuing Education Program. We offer an annual lecture and other educational courses. Please see upcoming events below.
24th Annual Jack Allison Memorial Lecture
Saturday, December 7th 2024 8:00am - 4:00pm McNamara Alumni Center - Johnson Great Room
Redefining Care for the Injured Runner
Course Objectives:
- Describe key components of a systematic and comprehensive video analysis of an individual running.
- Identify effective strategies to modify the running form and determine when it is appropriate to do so as
part of the rehabilitation plan. - Identify potential risk factors associated with hamstring strain injury.
- Describe scientifically-supported prevention and rehabilitation approaches for acute hamstring strain
injuries.
About the Speaker
Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD, FAPTA is the Frederick Gaenslen Professor in Orthopedics and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin. He is the Director of the Badger Athletic Performance with UW Athletics; founding Director of the UW Health Runners’ Clinic; and Co-director of the UW Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory. Dr. Heiderscheit’s research is aimed at understanding and
enhancing the clinical management of orthopedic conditions, with particular focus on sports-related injuries. Support for his research includes the NIH,
NFL, NBA and GE Healthcare. He is a fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, and member of the NFL Soft Tissue Injury Task Force.
This online course is for learners who are interested in investigating the biomechanical and epidemiological aspects of the shoulder in athletics. The course will explore the unique demands placed on the shoulder in sports that involve throwing, swimming, swinging, and bodily impacts. The course begins with an investigation into sport-specific biomechanics, pathomechanics, and epidemiology and progresses to applied problem solving for rehabilitation and research scenarios.
This course is intended for individuals who have a background in anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder. This may include professional clinicians and pre-professional students (PT, ATC, PA, OT, MD), movement scientists, or graduate and undergraduate students interested in kinesiology and sports medicine.
Learn More About Jack Allison
Jack Allison was a beloved professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Minnesota. He received his baccalaureate degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Minnesota in 1954. He served as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army at Valley Forge Hospital from 1954-1955 and at the University of Minnesota Hospital from 1956-1957. His teaching career in the Program in Physical Therapy at the University of Minnesota extended from 1957-1993. With outstanding vision and leadership, he served as the Director of the Program from 1978-1993. He was an accomplished educator endeared by all students. In 1992, he received the prestigious Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for his outstanding teaching talent. He was an inventor of two patents on devices related to supporting the head during physical therapy and measuring head mobility. He served on numerous committees and in elected positions at both the state and national levels of the American Physical Therapy Association. He was a renowned speaker on health care insurance and served as a consultant for Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Above his many professional accomplishments, he will be remembered most by the 1000 physical therapy students whom he taught in his career for his genuine friendliness, helpfulness and dignity shown to all.