Running Injuries & Gait Analysis
Running Injury Physio in Hamilton
Video gait analysis, strength screening, and load management — so you can fix the cause of your running injury, not just rest until it comes back.
Video gait analysis, strength screening, and load management — so you can fix the cause of your running injury, not just rest until it comes back.
Most running injuries come down to one thing: training load exceeding what your tissues can currently tolerate. We treat the full range:
Rest alone rarely fixes a running injury — it just pauses it. When you start running again with the same mechanics, the same strength deficits, and the same training habits, the injury usually comes back.
Our running assessment combines slow-motion treadmill video analysis with strength and mobility screening, so we can tell you exactly what's driving the problem — and build a plan that addresses it while keeping you running wherever possible.
Strength training is central to that plan: a major meta-analysis found it reduces sports injury risk by roughly two-thirds. Read the evidence.
Runner with knee pain who's been told it's "wear and tear"? The evidence says arthritic knees respond to strength work, not rest. Read why exercise is the first-line treatment for knee osteoarthritis.
Treadmill video review of your running mechanics — cadence, foot strike, hip and knee control — with clear visual explanation of what we find.
Calf, quad, glute, and hamstring strength measured objectively — because most running injuries trace back to a capacity gap somewhere in the chain.
A realistic week-by-week running plan that respects your event goals — most runners keep running through rehab at an adjusted load.
Usually not completely. For most running injuries, the answer is adjusting your training load — volume, intensity, and frequency — rather than total rest. We'll work out what level of running your body currently tolerates and build back up from there.
We film you running on a treadmill and review your gait in slow motion, then screen your strength and mobility. You leave understanding what's contributing to your injury, with specific running cues and a targeted exercise programme.
It depends. Injuries from a specific incident — like rolling your ankle on a trail — usually qualify. Gradual-onset injuries like shin splints or Achilles tendinopathy generally don't, and are treated as private appointments. We'll give you a straight answer before you book.
Yes. Tell us your event and date, and we'll build the plan backwards from there — balancing rehab against your training plan so you arrive at the start line as prepared as your body allows.
Most stubborn running injuries are tendon problems. This guide explains why rest alone doesn't fix them and how progressive loading does — the exact guide we hand our patients.