Bulletproofing the Athletic Knee
Bulletproofing the Athletic Knee
This 12-hour course will walk clinicians through many of the external and internal factors that may contribute to knee injuries in multi-planar athletes.
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Venue
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Toronto, ON
September 12-13, 2026
8:30 - 5:30 (subject to change)
Venue: TBA
Description
We will cover topics like common anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) mechanisms of injury, biomechanical limitations that may contribute to injury, assessments of risk factors, common exercise approaches that are used to address risk factor findings, and what exercise approaches are typically missing in an athlete’s preparation for their sport.
Course Objectives
- Understand the impact ACL injuries have on long-term physical and psychological health.
- Understand common ACL non-contact mechanisms of injury in the knee.
- Understand how tissue capacity and biomechanical limitations contribute to knee injuries.
- Understand how to identify modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for non-contact ACL injuries.
- Understand how different motor learning approaches can play a role in reducing non-contact ACL injuries.
- Understand how an Ecological Dynamics (EcoD) framework can reduce risk factors for non-contact ACL injuries.
- Understand how the athlete-environment relationship impacts outcomes outside the office.
- Understand how to identify risk factors for non-contact ACL injury.
- Understand common approaches to managing risk factors for non-contact ACL injuries and why some exercises are better than others.
- Understand how to identify what is missing from an athlete’s preparation and begin to close their functional gap.
- Understanding the importance of general physical preparation in the frontal and transverse plane.
- Understand how to coach and what to look for when optimizing frontal and transverse plane exercises.
Who should take this course?
This course is for chiropractors, athletic therapists, physiotherapists, kinesiologists, S&C coaches, trainers, and more.
The Outline
12 CEU Hours
Collapsible content
Day 1
8:30-9:00 Introduction & Course Overview
9:00-9:45 Why the interest is the ACL?
9:45-10:30 ACL Injury Mechanisms
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:45 Non-Modifiable and Modifiable Risk Factors
12:45-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:45 Motor Learning & Pedagogy
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-5:00 Movement & Biomechanics Through Ecological Dynamics
5:00-5:30 Evaluating ACL Risk: Conceptual Framework
Day 2
8:30-9:45 Evaluating Risk Factors: Physical Assessments
9:45-11:00 Managing Assessment Findings: Strength Integration
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Missing Links & Advanced Preparation
12:15-12:30 Performance Integration
12:30-12:45 Conclusion
Instructor
Dr. Cody Dimak
DC
Dr. Cody Dimak is an associate professor at Parker University and is the lead faculty for the active rehabilitation course in the DC program. Prior to relocating to Dallas, he and his wife owned and operated an active-care-focused practice in Orange County, CA for 7 years. Dr. Dimak is an international lecturer on integrating an Ecological Dynamics framework for motor learning and strength and conditioning to help individuals who want to decrease pain and improve performance. Dr. Dimak believes in integrating peer-reviewed literature into practice and has particular interest in multiplanar sports performance and noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries. Dr. Dimak has spent his professional career advocating for both his patients and the patients of the doctors he teaches to progress through rehabilitation and into the strength and conditioning environment.
When Dr. D isn't giving external cues to promote motor learning, he can be found on the golf course or playing with his two daughters.
