Take your running to the next level with our specialized Running Gait Analysis. Perfect for students and budding athletes, our analysis is priced at an affordable $50 under our current Student Special and $80 for all adults ($120 value). Our service is not just about improving your speed and endurance; it’s a comprehensive approach to enhance your overall running performance.

Benefits of Running Gait Analysis:

If you can reduce the stress of every step while running by 10%, you can run twice as far before your body breaks down! Considering that injuries and lack of consistency with run training are big limiters to performance, this is a big deal.

Reducing stress by 10% is easy to do, and that is why everyone, from recreational runners to elites, can benefit from understanding their unique running gait. If you think about running, it is one of the only sports people do not practice. All runners do is train (excluding most sprinters and fellow running nerds like myself). It would be the equivalent of a basketball practice, only consisting of five-on-five scrimmages with some sprints at the end. Let me convince you why you should know and practice your running style.

Running with better form can offer various benefits, from making running more enjoyable to reducing risk of injuries. Running with better form can offer various benefits, from making running more enjoyable to reducing the risk of injuries. Changing running form can even address specific injuries, such as knee pain. Over many years of working with all levels of runners, here are some of the main benefits my athletes have expressed:

• Reduced pain and fatigue while running
• Increased speed with reduced effort
• Higher mileage on shoes before they break down (financial health!)
• Understanding how your flexibility and strength impact your running gait

Injury Prevention:

Most runners will experience a running injury each year, with research showing upwards of 80% of runners getting injured annually. The best way to treat running injuries is to prevent them! The problem is that there is not a one-size fits all solution.

Two runners with the exact same injury will have very different causes of the injury. Take 2 hypothetical runners both with shin splints. Runner A is a 28 year old male who has great mobility and strength but tends to run way too fast on his easy runs. Runner B is a 29 year old female who follows all of the recommended guidelines for training but has chronically tight ankles from recurring ankle sprains.

Both of these runners may have identical running injuries, but Runner A’s injury is from a training load error and Runner B’s injury is from a mobility limitation. If you find yourself asking what can you do to prevent running injuries, the answer is to start with personalization. Whether you are looking to treat or prevent running injuries, finding the underlying cause of the injury is the key to success.

What to expect:

During your evaluation individuals are instructed to perform 5 functional movements to dictate active or passive mobility issues. Stability tests are then used to indicate poor postural control. Lastly, a treadmill analysis is conducted to categorize and any deviations found in order to construct a personalized training program.

Our Running Gait Analysis is tailored to help you understand the mechanics of your run, identify areas for improvement, and provide you with the tools and techniques to achieve your personal best. Analysis is also combined with postural correction techniques to help reduce pain and mechanical stressors. Whether you’re looking to shave seconds off your race time or simply run without pain, our service is your stepping stone to success.