Running Assessments

Running assessments, or gait assessments, can be key to helping runners avoid injury and heal from a past injury by improving their techniques and avoiding bad habits. The running assessment starts with an evaluation, looking at movement, strength, flexibility, and different limitations. This leads into a video analysis, a breakdown of the runner’s foot movement to look specifically at foot structure and gait. That's done barefoot and with shoes, walking and running. After the shoot, the footage is processed. We go through all the videos, slow everything down and discover different things that might be improved upon or that could be contributing to injury or pathology.

To learn more about the process of a running assessment at Finish Strong, watch this video (below) from UNE featuring Dan Frey, DPT, Owner of FinishStrong PT & Performance.