Description: Lower extremity injuries represent the majority of athletic encounters in training rooms and sports medicine clinics. Master clinician Stuart Hinds presents a targeted, soft-tissue course covering advanced sports massage strategies for the lower kinetic chain, from the hip complex down to the foot. Athletic Trainers will gain practical mastery of soft-tissue techniques, including broad-contact effleurage, deep tissue petrissage, neuromuscular therapy, and active motion release. The curriculum emphasizes common athletic pathologies such as gluteal tendinopathies, hamstring strains, iliotibial band friction, patellar tracking issues, shin splints, and plantar fasciopathy. By understanding muscular anatomy, fascial continuity, and biomechanical stress pathways, ATs will learn how to integrate structured pre-event, post-event, and restorative sports massage protocols directly into athletic conditioning and rehabilitation regimes.

Objectives: Identify key anatomical soft-tissue structures and fascial lines governing force transmission from the hip to the foot. Apply targeted soft-tissue release techniques for gluteal, hip rotator, and hamstring tightness in athletic populations. Demonstrate specific therapeutic massage strokes to address lower-leg pathologies, including medial tibial stress syndrome and Achilles tendinopathy. Differentiate between pre-event, inter-event, and post-event sports massage techniques regarding application timing and physiological intent. Integrate soft-tissue lower extremity protocols into broader neuromuscular re-education and return-to-play rehabilitation plans.

Presenter(s): Stuart Hinds, LMT

Status: Active

Activity Difficulty Level: Essential

Domains:

• Risk Reduction
• Wellness and Health Literacy
• Specialty (Orthopedic): Medical Knowledge
• Specialty (Orthopedic): Procedural Knowledge
• Therapeutic Intervention

Format: Virtual Asynchronous - On Demand

Dual Credentials and JA: Athletic Trainers Only

Start Date & Time: 11/02/2026 12:00 AM CST

End Date & Time: 01/31/2032 11:59 PM CST

Cost: $59.95

Capacity: 99999

CEUs: 5