Foot & Ankle Workshop
Tokyo 2026
Bring the latest in musculoskeletal injury management to your clinical practice.
Improve your management of Foot & Ankle Arthritis, Plantar Heel Pain, Posterior Tibial Tendon Pathologies, and more!
Biomechanics, orthotic prescription, and exercise-based rehabilitation, taught as one connected approach to better individual outcomes.
Registration DetailsMore Tools, Better Outcomes
You Know This Problem
Patients who plateau on orthotics alone, with no clear next step on what can help.
Uncertainty about when to add exercise, change footwear, or something else.
Wanting more tools in your toolkit, without second-guessing what already works.
Worried you're falling behind what leaders in healthcare are doing in their clinical practice.
Managing Lower Limb Pain has Evolved - Has Your Practice?
Managing lower limb musculoskeletal pain and injuries has evolved well beyond orthotic therapy alone.
That doesn't mean you have to leave orthoses behind: it means orthotic therapy is now one part of a broader toolkit alongside exercise prescription, functional rehabilitation, load management, and footwear.
This workshop adds to what you already do well, and brings you to the forefront of evidence-based practice.
The Evolution of Lower Limb Biomechanics
Our understanding of the lower limb has shifted substantially over the past few decades.
The field of injury management and biomechanics has also broadened its view of where lower limb injury actually comes from and what management entails.
None of this makes orthotic therapy obsolete. It means the clinical picture is larger than orthoses alone ever captured, and staying current means looking at the bigger picture and being able to select the interventions that are right for the patient sitting in front of you.
What You'll Learn
Four skills that build on each other across the three days.
Each new topic adds to the one before it rather than standing alone.
Assess
Biomechanical and gait assessment skills.
Functional tests to inform exercise rehabilitation.
Prescribe
Orthotic therapy: translate your assessment findings into a fitted, modifiable device.
Rehabilitate
Functional testing for progressive exercise rehabilitation: building capacity and supporting recovery alongside orthotic care.
Apply
Bringing it together in your own clinic, from older adults to active athletes.
3-Day Program
Day 1: 20 September, 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Day 2: 21 September, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Day 3: 22 September, 9:00am to 3:00pm
Presenters
Talysha Reeve
Adelaide University
Founder of The Progressive Podiatry Project
Andrew Van Essen
Special Member, Australian Podiatric Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Special Member, Australian Association of University Podiatric Surgeons.
Participation Fee
NPO JATAC Members
¥50,000
Past participants: ¥10,000
Japan Sports Rehabilitation Therapy Society Members
¥55,000
Past participants: ¥15,000
General Public
¥80,000
How to Register
Applications close Thursday, 17 September 2026. Email the following five details to JATAC: name, name in Roman letters, past workshop participation (yes/no), email, phone. Non-members, please also include your address.
Bank transfer: Japan Post Bank, Branch 019, Current Account 0561135, Account Name: NPO JATAC Foot Workshop Part I.
Venue: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Etchujima Campus. Approximately 2 minutes on foot from Etchujima Station (JR Keiyo Line / Musashino Line, local trains only).
