BAREFOOT RUNNING:
Treading Softly to Good Health
D r a y e r P h y s i c a l T h e r a p y i n s t i t u t e P r e s e n t s
Audience: Heathcare Professionals &
Runners
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Drayer's Lancaster Center
2125 Noll Drive, Suite 100,
Lancaster
Presenter: Dr. Irene Davis,
PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM
RSVP: By Friday, October 1, 2010
by calling 717-391-9920
Dr. Davis received her bachelor's degree in exercise science from the University of
Massachusetts, and in physical therapy from the University of Florida. She earned her
master's degree in biomechanics from the University of Virginia, and her PhD in
biomechanics from Pennsylvania State University. She was a professor in physical therapy
and Director of the Running Injury Lab at the University of Delaware for 21 years. Dr. Davis
has recently accepted a position at Harvard Medical School to develop and direct the
Spaulding National Center for Running.
Dr. Davis has been studying the relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics
and injury in runners for the past 20 years. Current areas of study include mechanical factors
in tibial stress fractures and patellofemoral disorders along with the effect of physical
therapy interventions such as gait retraining. She is interested in the mechanics of barefoot running and its effect on
injury rates, and is a barefoot runner herself.
Some of Dr. Davis's other achievements include:
Presenting nearly 300 lectures both nationally and internationally.
Authoring nearly 100 publicatons on the topic of lower extremity mechanics and injury.
Serving as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as a Catherine Worthingham
Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Being featured on ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Discovery, the New York Times,
the Wall Street Journal, Parade and Time Magazine.
Being included in Christopher McDougall's book
Born to Run.
Treading Softly to Good Health
D r a y e r P h y s i c a l T h e r a p y i n s t i t u t e P r e s e n t s
Audience: Heathcare Professionals &
Runners
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Drayer's Lancaster Center
2125 Noll Drive, Suite 100,
Lancaster
Presenter: Dr. Irene Davis,
PhD, PT, FAPTA, FACSM
RSVP: By Friday, October 1, 2010
by calling 717-391-9920
Dr. Davis received her bachelor's degree in exercise science from the University of
Massachusetts, and in physical therapy from the University of Florida. She earned her
master's degree in biomechanics from the University of Virginia, and her PhD in
biomechanics from Pennsylvania State University. She was a professor in physical therapy
and Director of the Running Injury Lab at the University of Delaware for 21 years. Dr. Davis
has recently accepted a position at Harvard Medical School to develop and direct the
Spaulding National Center for Running.
Dr. Davis has been studying the relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics
and injury in runners for the past 20 years. Current areas of study include mechanical factors
in tibial stress fractures and patellofemoral disorders along with the effect of physical
therapy interventions such as gait retraining. She is interested in the mechanics of barefoot running and its effect on
injury rates, and is a barefoot runner herself.
Some of Dr. Davis's other achievements include:
Presenting nearly 300 lectures both nationally and internationally.
Authoring nearly 100 publicatons on the topic of lower extremity mechanics and injury.
Serving as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as a Catherine Worthingham
Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Being featured on ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Discovery, the New York Times,
the Wall Street Journal, Parade and Time Magazine.
Being included in Christopher McDougall's book
Born to Run.