Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Heiderscheit is co-director of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Runners’ Clinic through the University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Clinic. His research is aimed at understanding and enhancing movement coordination as it relates to injury and aging, with recent projects focused on the mechanisms of hamstring strain injuries and running-related injuries. Support for his research includes the NFL Medical Charities and the National Institutes of Health, where he completed a clinical research scholars program as part of a KL2 Award. Dr. Heiderscheit received his physical therapy training at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and his doctorate in biomechanics from the University of Massachusetts. He currently teaches the biomechanics and research content in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to his teaching and research responsibilities, Dr. Heiderscheit maintains an active clinic practice specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of running-related injuries.

Dr. Heiderscheit was awarded the 2007 Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member by the American Physical Therapy Association. He was the 2008 recipient of the Mentor Award from the Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association and the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Physical Therapy Program in 2009. Dr. Heiderscheit is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy and serves as a manuscript reviewer for several additional sports medicine and biomechanics journals. He is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Scott Straker, PT, MS, SCS, ATC is a physical therapist and Director of the Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program for Gundersen Lutheran Sports Medicine in Onalaska, WI. Mr. Straker is a 1989 graduate of the Program in Physical Therapy at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and has been a certified athletic trainer for 20 years following the completion of an internship program at Utah State University. He has served as lecturer and adjunct faculty at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Physical Therapy. He currently is serving as Chair of the APTA Committee on Post Professional Residency and Fellowship Program Credentialing and Vice-Chair of the Residency special interest group within the Sports Physical Therapy Section. His clinical interests center on the assessment of lower extremity dysfunction with an emphasis on the use of clinical biomechanical evaluation techniques in the treatment of running athletes. He is an active runner having completed 20 plus marathons and numerous road races. Scott was honored with the Lynn Wallace Clinical Educator of the Year Award by the Sports Physical Therapy Section in 2007.