What’s included in your running assessment
Your assessment happens in our clinic gym — treadmill, strength equipment and testing space all in one place.
1. History and goal setting. We map your training history, injury history, footwear, and what you’re actually training for. Most running injuries trace back to a change in load, so this step matters more than people expect.
2. Treadmill video gait analysis. We film you running and slow the footage down together, looking at cadence, stride, foot placement and trunk control. You’ll see exactly what we see — no jargon, no scare tactics about “bad” technique.
3. Strength and range of motion testing. We test the muscle groups that matter most for runners — calves, glutes, hamstrings, quads — plus joint mobility, and compare sides to identify deficits that may be contributing to your injury.
4. Findings explained in plain language. We’ll walk you through what we found, what’s likely driving your pain, and what’s not worth worrying about.
What you leave with
- A clear explanation of what’s going on and why
- A gym program targeting your specific strength deficits — which you can run through in our gym or your own
- Load management advice: how much running you can keep doing while you rehab, and how to build back up without flaring things
- Gait or technique changes only where the evidence supports them — we don’t overhaul running styles for the sake of it
- Hands-on treatment where it helps settle symptoms so you can keep training
Where possible, our goal is to modify your running rather than stop it. Complete rest is occasionally necessary, but for most running injuries, adjusted loading works better — and keeps you sane.
