LOWER LIMB TENDINOPATHY WORKSHOP

LOWER LIMB TENDINOPATHY WORKSHOP

PRESENTED BY: Dr Arnold Vlok

26 September 2025, 14:00-16:30

Therapy Room, Ground Floor, Khanya Building

For whom is this workshop?

Physiotherapists, biokineticists, sports scientists, sports medicine clinicians, and others seeking clear loading progressions, decision rules, and return-to-sport guidelines.

🎯 Learning outcomes:

By the end, participants can

1.⁠ ⁠Apply an evidence-based clinical reasoning framework (Malliaras; Morrissey; O’Neill)

2.⁠ ⁠Dose isometrics/HSR/eccentric/plyometric loading with progressions (Rio; Vicenzino; Silbernagel)

3.⁠ ⁠Individualise rehabilitation for Achilles, patellar, proximal hamstring tendinopathy (Silbernagel; Thorborg; Hölmich; Maffulli)

4.⁠ ⁠Use pain-monitoring and load-management rules to pace progression (Silbernagel; de Vos)

5.⁠ ⁠Set RTS criteria including energy-storage tests and sport-specific exposure (Mayes; Korakakis; Zellers)

This interactive workshop gives you the latest evidence turned into action:

✅ Simple frameworks to classify irritability and choose the right loading lane

✅ Practical skills labs: isometrics, heavy slow resistance, eccentrics,

✅ Tendon-specific playbooks (Achilles, patellar, hamstring, adductor)

✅ Return-to-run and return-to-sport ladders with real-world checkpoints

✅ Ready-to-use take-home tools (flowcharts, dosage cards, RTS templates)

Register here: https://redcap.link/188k9ip1

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• This Thursday, 18th September, 12:30 pm, Early mobilization after abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery - evidence and definitions in Johannesburg

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