Dr. Irene Davis Barefoot Running: Treading Lightly to Good Health -- FREE
National Sports Medicine Expert to Discuss Benefits of Barefoot Running
Does wearing shoes while running actually increase your risk of injury?
On Thursday, June 21 at 6:00 p.m., world-renowned sports medicine and running expert Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM, will discuss the controversial topic of barefoot running. The free lecture, entitled Barefoot Running: Treading Lightly to Good Health, will take place at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod, 311 Service Road in East Sandwich. Seating is limited and pre-registration required.
Dr. Davis has spent years studying the benefits of barefoot running and the effects of physical therapy interventions such as gait retraining. Her extensive research provides evidence that the modern cushioned running shoe changes the body’s natural gait in a way that can lead to injuries such as tibial stress fractures and plantar fasciitis.
“I believe if you have an intact neuromuscular system and your feet are sound enough to be able to run in shoes, you should be able to run without them,” says Davis. “If you have been habitually shod, you need to transition very slowly to develop the strength and endurance in your foot and ankle muscles so they can support the loads associated with running without shoes.” A prolific author and internationally known speaker who has appeared on Discovery Channel, Time Magazine and ABC World News Tonight, Dr. Davis has spent 20 years of her career studying the relationships among lower extremity structure, mechanics and injury in runners. A professor in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Delaware and former Director of Research for Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Dr. Davis now heads Spaulding’s National Running Center in Cambridge and is dedicated to helping runners improve their mechanics so they can run pain free.
To pre-register for either presentation, call 508-833-4210 or register online at www.spauldingcapecod.org http://www.spauldingcapecod.org/ under “Events.”
National Sports Medicine Expert to Discuss Benefits of Barefoot Running
Does wearing shoes while running actually increase your risk of injury?
On Thursday, June 21 at 6:00 p.m., world-renowned sports medicine and running expert Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM, will discuss the controversial topic of barefoot running. The free lecture, entitled Barefoot Running: Treading Lightly to Good Health, will take place at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod, 311 Service Road in East Sandwich. Seating is limited and pre-registration required.
Dr. Davis has spent years studying the benefits of barefoot running and the effects of physical therapy interventions such as gait retraining. Her extensive research provides evidence that the modern cushioned running shoe changes the body’s natural gait in a way that can lead to injuries such as tibial stress fractures and plantar fasciitis.
“I believe if you have an intact neuromuscular system and your feet are sound enough to be able to run in shoes, you should be able to run without them,” says Davis. “If you have been habitually shod, you need to transition very slowly to develop the strength and endurance in your foot and ankle muscles so they can support the loads associated with running without shoes.” A prolific author and internationally known speaker who has appeared on Discovery Channel, Time Magazine and ABC World News Tonight, Dr. Davis has spent 20 years of her career studying the relationships among lower extremity structure, mechanics and injury in runners. A professor in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Delaware and former Director of Research for Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Dr. Davis now heads Spaulding’s National Running Center in Cambridge and is dedicated to helping runners improve their mechanics so they can run pain free.
To pre-register for either presentation, call 508-833-4210 or register online at www.spauldingcapecod.org http://www.spauldingcapecod.org/ under “Events.”
