Anterior knee pain is the most common type of knee pain that you will see in your clinic. It is common in many patient groups and presents in several different ways. We have spent the last 10 years researching and treating anterior knee pain and want to share what we have learned with you.

Our workshop focuses on how to perform an expert assessment of the anterior knee, differentiating between common presentations like patellofemoral pain, patellar tendinopathy, and fat pad impingement. We also cover how to develop a tailored treatment plan and will show you how we identify specific patient drivers with tools that can be adopted into your clinical practice.

There is so much more to managing anterior knee pain than VMO exercises and patellar taping and there is no place for a one-size-fits-all approach. Our workshop will provide you with a superior ability assess and treat patients with this common problem.

Workshop aims:

1. Further develop your existing skills in:
2. assessing the anterior kne
3. using adjuncts (foot orthoses, taping, neuromuscular stimulation)
4. exercise prescription
5. running/movement re-training
6. education and activity modification
7. Improve your ability to develop and deliver tailored management to individuals with anterior knee pain

Course components:

3 hours of pre-recorded lectures, to cover:

• Aetiology of patellofemoral pain
• Risk factors and associated drivers in patellofemoral pain
• Principles of assessment of the anterior knee
• Evidence underpinning and principles of exercise prescription
• Adjuncts for patellofemoral pain and their supporting evidence
• Evidence underpinning and principles of running/movement re-training 7 hour live workshop, to cover:
• Assessment of the anterior knee
• Exercise prescription
• Adjuncts for patellofemoral pain (foot orthoses & taping techniques)
• Running/movement re-training
• Question & answer session with case scenarios

Day 1

08.45 Registration

09.00 Assessment of the Anterior knee

10.45 Break

11.00 Adjuncts

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Excercise therapy practical

14:45 Running retaining pracctical

15.45 Break

16.00 Clinical reasoning sccenarios and Q & A

17:00 End of course

Tutor:

Dr Simon Lack PhD MSc (SEM) BSc (Hons) (Physiotherapy)

Senior Lecturer in Sports & Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University London

Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist & Head of Research, Pure Sports Medicine

Simon completed his Physiotherapy BSc at Brunel University in 2005, followed by his MSc in Sports & Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2011, and he built his clinical academic career ever since. He completed his PhD in 2017, with a thesis entitled 'The interaction of hip and foot biomechanics in the development and management of patellofemoral pain'.

Simon have continued to work clinically throughout his academic career as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Pure Sports Medicine, where he is also Head of Research. He is also Head of Medical Services for the elite scholarship athlete programme at the University of East London.

Simon currently leads the MSc in Sports & Exercise Medicine at QMUL, where he aims to combine his clinical and academic experience to help guide the delivery and development of the programme. His main research interests centre on the assessment and delivery of targeted interventions, through a greater understanding of treatment effect mechanisms, for common knee complaints and in particular, patellofemoral pain and patellofemoral osteoarthritis.

Tutor:

Dr. Bradly Neal PhD, MSc (Adv Phy) BSc (Hons) MCSP

Lecturer in Physiotherapy, School of Sport, Rehabilitation & Exercise Science, University of Essex

Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire

Associate Editor, The Knee

Editorial Advisor & Social Media Editor, Physical Therapy in Sport

Brad completed his MSc at the University of Hertfordshire in 2011, followed by his PhD at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2019. His PhD thesis was entitled 'The influence of lower limb biomechanics on the development, persistence and management of patellofemoral pain in recreational runners'. Brad remained at QMUL for three years as a post-doctoral research fellow until late 2022.

Brad spent 10 years as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Pure Sports Medicine, London’s leading private Sports Medicine clinic, where he also acted as the company's Head of Research.

In April 2021, Brad joined the School of Rehabilitation and Exercise Science at the University of Essex as a Lecturer (Education and Research) in Physiotherapy. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, contributing to their post-graduate physiotherapy programme.

Brad has published in several leading peer-reviewed journals, including the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Gait & Posture and Physical Therapy in Sport, where he also an editorial advisor. His main research interests are in Patellofemoral Pain and other knee pathologies, biomechanics, running-related injury, and the epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions.

The course venue

How to get there

By bus

There are a number of buses that stop at Chase Farm Hospital. Bus route 313 from Chingford to Potters Bar stops at the hospital, as do routes W9 and W8.

By tube

The nearest tube station to Chase Farm Hospital is Oakwood on the Piccadilly line. It's about a 10-minute taxi journey to the hospital from the station.

By train

The nearest train station to Chase Farm Hospital is Gordon Hill on the First Capital Connect line from Moorgate to Hertford. It's about a 15-minute walk from the station to the hospital.

Driving or other methods of getting to the Hospital

More detailed information on getting to the hospital can be found on the Chase Farm Hospital website.