Course Instructor

J.W. Matheson PT, DPT, MS, SCS, OCS, CSCS, is a 1996 graduate of the Mayo Clinic of Health Sciences and a 2001 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. J.W. has worked in a variety of clinical and academic settings as a clinician, researcher, adjunct faculty member, and consultant. In 2001, J.W. completed the APTA Credentialed Sports Physical Therapy residency at Gundersen-Lutheran Sports Medicine in Onalaska, WI. In 2005, J.W. completed his transitional DPT degree from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston and has been a teaching assistant in the program. He is currently working on his PhD in Physical Therapy at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Matheson is board certified specialist in both sports and orthopaedic physical therapy and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. J.W. has been a contributor and lead author on multiple textbook chapters in the areas of sports and orthopaedic physical therapy. He has also published peer-reviewed journal articles on patient reported outcome measures, fear avoidance behaviors, spinal traction, and specific exercises for the knee and shoulder. J.W. is also a reviewer and committee member of the current APTA orthopaedic section clinical practice guidelines project. J.W. is currently employed full time in private physical therapy practice in Hudson, WI. In his free time, J.W. likes to escape to Bozeman, Montana with his family to ski, hike, and fly fish.

Advanced Management of Lower Extremity Injuries in the Athlete

This two-day lecture and hands-on laboratory course will provide the clinician with recent evidence-based practice guidelines for the examination, evaluation, differential diagnosis, prognosis, treatment interventions and expected outcomes for selected lower extremity disorders. New research on how to accurately diagnose and treat hip and knee osteoarthritis, acetabular labral tears, iliotibial band syndrome, muscular strains, patellofemoral disorders, lower extremity tendinopathies, and plantar fasciopathy will be reviewed. Participants will learn new exercises and clinical pearls to add to their current non-operative and operative rehabilitation protocols. During the interactive laboratory activities, course participants will hone their orthopedic examination and treatment skills. Hands-on practice of selected special tests and treatment techniques for the hip, knee and ankle will be the focus of each breakout session. Each lab session will emphasize the use of examination findings to determine appropriate treatment interventions. This interactive course will allow participants to enhance the quality and efficiency of care to clients with lower extremity overuse injuries. The clinician who attends this course will be able to immediately apply the information and skills presented.

Category: Advanced Lower Extremity Rehab, physical therapy continuing education course, occupational therapy continuing education course


  • Become more confident in recognizing, examining, evaluating and treating common overuse injuries of the hip.
  • Perform a series of orthopedic special tests for the hip using an algorithm - based approach.
  • Recognize early signs and symptoms of hip osteoarthritis and labral pathology.
  • Understand the difference between tendonitis and tendinopathy.
  • Recognize current concepts surrounding the treatment of lower extremity tendinopathies.
  • Learn new techniques to treat patellofemoral pain.
  • Understand the theories surrounding the increased risk of knee injury in the female athlete.
  • Recognize the current evidence or lack of evidence surrounding knee injury prevention in the female athlete.
  • Use a clinical prediction rule to recommend that the athlete needs a knee or ankle radiograph.
  • Use evidence based practice in the prescription of static and dynamic stretching exercises in the athlete.
  • Perform an algorithm based examination of the ankle ligaments.
  • Interpret the most recent findings on how to diagnose and treat plantar fasciitis.
  • Be able to recommend the best running shoe for the athlete.
  • Create innovative treatments for neuromuscular re-education of the lower extremity.
  • Understand the current research behind the efficacy of orthotics.
  • Be able to use a “treatment direction approach” to determine the need for orthotics.


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    Advanced Management of Lower Extremity Injuries in the Athlete



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    Apr 14, 12Apr 15, 12Doylestown Hospital

    Doylestown, PA

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister
    Apr 28, 12Apr 29, 12Best Physical Therapy

    Cupertino, CA

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    May 05, 12May 06, 12UHS-Summerlin Hospital

    Las Vegas, NV

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister
    Jun 09, 12Jun 10, 12All Children's Hopital

    St. Petersburg, FL

    		$425.0018.00View HotelsRegister
    Jun 23, 12Jun 24, 12St. Vincent Hospital

    Worcester, MA

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister
    Oct 06, 12Oct 07, 12Cheshire Medical Center

    Keene, NH

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister
    Oct 13, 12Oct 14, 12Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

    Chicago, IL

    		$425.0018.00View HotelsRegister
    Nov 10, 12Nov 11, 12Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, TX

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister
    Dec 01, 12Dec 02, 12St. Elizabeth Hospital-Florence

    Florence, KY

    		$425.0015.00View HotelsRegister

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