Gait and Running Analysis

How we move, walk and run can vary considerably from person to person. This variation can be helpful in identifying potential causes of pain and problems.

This assessment will watch you walk and/or run, identify any problems that can be seen and advise you of these. There will also be an assessment of your lower limbs and their mechanics, muscle strengths and lengths as well as a quick check of your core control.

This assessment is particularly helpful if you are a runner, considering running, have aches and pains associated with running/walking.

Advice in improving technique and exercises that will help will also be given.

These assessments usually take place on a treadmill and can be done in the gym at David Lloyd, Westbury-on-Trym, at Sweatshop within David Lloyd and at Up & Running, next door to our North View clinic. If, in addition to having your running assessed, you are interested in buying new trainers or making sure your trainers are the best for you it's worth having your assessment at one of these shops. Both of these shops offer video analysis and have specialist knowledge on running trainers, which together with our physiotherapist's knowledge of the musculoskeletal system and the mechanics of running brings a winning combination.