Traverse City Tendon Summit
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
April 25, 2026 · Delamar Hotel, Traverse City, MI
8:00
–8:30am
–8:30am
Attendee Check-In
Delamar Dayclub
8:30
–8:40am
–8:40am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Trent Salo
Foundational Science
8:40
–9:10am
–9:10am
Neal Millar
Biology of Tendinopathy
9:15
–9:45am
–9:45am
Falk Mersmann
Tendon Adaptation – From Mechanobiology to Practical Application
9:50
–10:20am
–10:20am
Stephanie Cone
Functional Relevance of the Muscle-Specific Achilles Subtendons
10:25
–10:50am
–10:50am
— Morning Coffee Break —
Evaluation & Diagnostics
10:55–11:25am
Ruth Chimenti
Achilles Assessment Toolkit: From Diagnosis to Outcome Tracking
11:30–12pm
Seth O'Neill
Evaluation & Diagnostics
12:05
–12:30pm
–12:30pm
Panel Q&A — Evaluation & Diagnostics
12:30
–1:30pm
–1:30pm
— Lunch —
Management & Decision Making
1:30
–2:00pm
–2:00pm
Scot Morrison
Management & Decision Making Frameworks and Models
2:05
–2:35pm
–2:35pm
Jarred Boyd
The Reactive Strength Paradox of the Healthy Achilles Tendon
2:35
–3:00pm
–3:00pm
— Afternoon Coffee Break —
3:00
–3:30pm
–3:30pm
Jarrod Antflick
Management & Decision Making for the Pathological Achilles Tendon
3:35
–4:00pm
–4:00pm
Panel Q&A — Management & Decision Making
4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Trent Salo