Building an Athletic Structure for Exercise: Finding Your Footing

Welcome to Building an Athletic Structure for Exercise (BASE): Finding Your Footing! Join us Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM at Axis Therapy & Performance (Downtown) for an immersive workshop designed for health professionals who work with or aspire to work with athletes and the athletic community. This event goes beyond foot assessment and treatment; it's an opporunity to elevate your skills, refine your vision as a clinican or coach, and cultivate the consistency and discipline essential your own life to build a niche practice.

At “Finding Your Footing,” you’ll gain expertise in the assessment and biomechanics of the foot, understand how it impacts performance, and learn exercise prescription philosophies to mitigate and rehabilitate lower limb injuries in active populations. With a thoughtfully designed environment that includes movement breaks and clear, practical instruction, this workshop ensures your learning is engaging, interactive, and effective.

Learn directly from our BASE CEO Dr. Joel 'Dr. J' Kerr who has over 16 years of experience in the clinical setting, amateur and professional sport setting as a manual medicine clinician, movement, strength and sport performance enhancement coach. Dr. J has a Bachelor of Physical Health and Education from the University of Toronto, Doctorate of Chiropractic degree from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, and holds a neurofunctional acupuncture diploma from McMaster Medical School.

Workshop Goals:

(1) Comprehend the interconnectedness between passive, active, and neural structures of the foot and ankle and how these structures influence strength training, athletic performance, and injury mitigation.

(2) Introduce a systematic approach that creates clarity and direction in the assessment, diagnosis, and active interventions of the foot and ankle.

(3) Highlight how specific coaching language contributes to achieving better clinical outcomes.

(4) Understand our role as coaches & clinicians in facilitating change through active intervention and exercise selection philosophy.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Axis Therapy & Performance (Downtown) - Physiotherapy, Chiropractor, Sports Massage, 8 Mercer Street, Toronto, Canada