Gait Happens Trainer Certification

Course Overview

Course Length

1 Day (8am-4pm)

Evidence Based

Yes

Course Structure

In-Person

Course Style

Lecture and Interactive Labs

Audience

Health and Movement Professionals who want to host Foot Health Workshops to earn revenue, build their business, and educate their community.

Course Concepts

Fundamentals of effective and engaging teaching
Review of relevant anatomy for explaining the function of our feet
Outlines for 3 different Certified Foot Health workshops
Teaching practice with real-time feedback from peers and instructors.

Course Concepts

Fundamentals of effective and engaging teaching
Review of relevant anatomy for explaining the function of our feet
Outlines for 3 different Certified Foot Health workshops
Teaching practice with real-time feedback from peers and instructors.

The Certification Process

Join us for a 1 day in-person certification course from 8am-4pm.

After the course you will receive access to the video library of relevant exercises and sample workshops.

After completing the in-person training you will be required to complete a video submission to demonstrate your teaching and physical ability to lead the workshops.

Once you pass the online demonstration you will be a Certified Gait Happens Trainer ready to host your own Gait Happens Workshops!

About Gait Happens Trainer Certification

What to expect

Pre-made workshops that you can teach right after certification
Interactive Lab time to practice and build confidence
Video library to revisit examples and exercies
Pre-made handouts and tools to make it simple for you to educate your community, your clients, and build your business

Skills you will learn

How to deliver an engaging AND informational Gait Happens foot health workshop
How to perform simple exercises to improve foot mobility, strength, and mechanics
How simple to convey simple but life-changing concepts that resonate with your students
How to use workshops to build your community or your business

Is this course right for you

Movement Professional
Certified Personal Trainer
Pilates Instructor
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Doctor of Chiropractic
Applicants with comparable backgrounds in health and fitness

Become a GH Certified Trainer

Additional Benefits of the Gait Happens Trainer Certification

Host and teach Certified GH Workshops (choose from three different workshop options).
You will be provided with a workshop kit which includes 3 Foot Health Kits, 3 GH Mobility Balls, and 5 Toe Strengthener Packs ($490 total value)
Any GH workshops that you host as a certified trainer are eligible to be added to the Events Calendar on our website
Add your name/business to the GH Local Practitioners Map
1 month trial access to the Gait Guru membership (new members only)
We will help you build a network in your community by connecting you with local Altra sales reps and retail stores that we have relationships with (if applicable in your geographic location).
Our partners at Altra Running have agreed to add Gait Happens Certified Trainers to their health hub (normally restricted to qualifying medical professions). This hub provides educational materials and a 40% discount on Altra shoes

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Your Instructors

Dr. Jenifer Perez, DC

Lafayette, Colorado

Dr. Jen Perez is Co-Owner and COO of Gait Happens. As both a clinician and an educator, her mission is simple: empower people to take charge of their lower body health, get to the root cause of what's holding them back, and get back to doing what they love.

Dr. Jenifer Perez, DC

Lafayette, Colorado

Dr. Jen Perez is Co-Owner and COO of Gait Happens. As both a clinician and an educator, her mission is simple: empower people to take charge of their lower body health, get to the root cause of what's holding them back, and get back to doing what they love.

Dr. Perez holds a BS in Kinesiology-Sports Medicine and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, with nine years spent working alongside patients. She completed her clinical residency in Jamaica, treating Olympic and professional track and field athletes, and is credentialed in a range of movement assessment and treatment techniques, including Selective Functional Movement Assessment, Functional Movement Specialist certification, and Dry Needling. Her focus has always been the whole chain — feet, hips, core — never the foot in isolation.

Dr. Perez is making an impact across the globe — from lecturing to clinicians in Tokyo to consulting professional athletes in Colorado. She's taught at universities, conferences, and clinics on three continents, spanning the United States, Canada, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, and Japan. Her reach extends just as far off the podium: consulting for professional athletes and footwear companies, being quoted as a foot health expert in Women's Health and National Geographic, and stepping in front of the camera as a consulting foot health expert for the Stupid Shoes documentary.

It's this same drive — knowing what it's like to have pain stand in the way of your goals — that led Dr. Perez to partner with Dr. Conley in creating Gait Happens, offering online courses, foot health tools, and virtual consultations to help people build resilient, healthier bodies from the ground up. In addition to her work at Gait Happens, Dr. Perez, along with her husband, Dr. Mark Perez, owns and operates Kinetic Chiropractic in Lafayette, CO, where she treats patients of all ages, backgrounds, and athletic abilities. Whether your goal is sharper clinical skills or a stronger, more capable body, Dr. Perez is here to help you move forward.

In Person Clinic: Kinetic Chiropractic in Lafayette, CO

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Frequently Asked Questions

No! Gait Happens Trainers come from all different health and movement backgrounds with the same goal -- empower people to live healthier lives from the ground up. If you want to host workshops to educate your community, build relationships with local businesses, or simply build your business by hosting paid workshops, you're in the right place.

The GH Trainer Cert is currently only offered in person to give you the hands on experience teaching and moving in a full day experience.

No, we want to empower you to build your community through Gait Happens Foot Health Workshops. Our only ask is that you host a minimum of 5 workshops (using any of the three workshop outlines available) per year.

Yes! We want you to see the benefit of helping others. In our three workshop formats we have options for free educational workshops as well as longer format paid workshops.

Absolutely! We want people to know there is someone near them that can help! Send us the information, registration link, or RSVP email address and we will list your workshop on our event calendar and add it to our promotion schedule.

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