Overview

Format:

• 2-hour online lecture (pre-workshop)
• 3-hour hands-on workshop (in-person)

Fees:

• Group: $400 CAD
• Private: $500 CAD
• Lunch included for workshop attendees

Why Gait Analysis Matters

The foot and lower leg are complex load-management systems. Gait analysis reveals how mechanical forces, muscle activity, and joint function interact during walking and running. Understanding these patterns is essential for diagnosing and treating pain, instability, and dysfunction.

Key benefits:

• Identify the root causes of foot and lower limb complaints
• Guide orthotic prescription and rehabilitation
• Improve patient outcomes through targeted interventions

What You Will Learn

Online Lecture (2 Hours)

The lecture covers:

• Evolution of clinical examination techniques based on emerging evidence
• Sagittal, transverse, and frontal plane assessment
• The role of external and internal forces in tissue loading
• Biomechanics of gait: rockers, shock absorption, and propulsion
• Common gait abnormalities and their clinical significance

Hands-On Workshop (3 Hours)

Comprehensive Gait Assessment

You’ll learn to:

• Conduct detailed patient history and evaluate medical, occupational, and footwear factors
• Observe and interpret gait from anterior, posterior, and sagittal
• Identify asymmetries, instabilities, and compensatory
• Use clinical tests to assess leg length discrepancy (LLD), muscle strength, and joint mobility

Key Gait Indicators & Their Clinical Meaning

• Head tilt, shoulder drop, trunk sway, arm swing: Signs of LLD, scoliosis, or muscle weakness
• Hip hike, genu varum/valgum, tibial varum/valgum: Structural and functional gait deviations
• Angle of gait, bunions, hammer/claw toes: Torsional and digital abnormalities
• Forefoot and rearfoot motion: Impact on propulsion and stability

Clinical Testing Protocols

• Standing and walking evaluations
• Double and single leg squat tests
• Modified Romberg’s test for balance
• Hubscher maneuver, RCSP, and forefoot-rearfoot classification
• Muscle testing for tibialis posterior, peroneals, and plantar intrinsics

Interpretation & Clinical Reasoning

You’ll learn to:

• Recognize standard instabilities (shock absorption, pronatory/supinatory instability, LLD, muscle weakness, nerve damage)
• Link gait observations to underlying mechanics and tissue load capacity
• Decide when biomechanical evaluation is required and how to treat the root cause

Orthotic Prescription & Intervention

• Understand how gait analysis informs orthotic design
• Learn to select and modify orthotic features based on gait findings (posting, arch fill, heel cup, forefoot/rearfoot corrections)
• Integrate manual therapy, exercise, and footwear recommendations

Who Should Attend

• Podiatrists
• Chiropodists
• Clinicians seeking advanced gait analysis skills

Why Attend This Workshop?

This workshop is:

• Evidence-based and clinically relevant
• Designed for immediate application in practice
• Focused on real-world patient outcomes

You’ll gain:

• Confidence in gait assessment and interpretation
• Skills to improve orthotic and rehabilitation outcomes
• Tools to differentiate your clinical practice

Register Now

If you want to:

• Master biomechanics gait analysis
• Enhance your clinical reasoning
• Improve patient outcomes

Register for the Biomechanics Gait Analysis Workshop today.