Running Injuries

With running generating high mechanical loads, it places a lot of strain on the lower limbs, this often means that runners frequently experience injuries. Unsuitable footwear, how you run, muscle imbalances and poor posture, often result in overuse injuries such as, Platella Femoral Pain Syndrome, Medial Tibial pain, Shin-Splints, ITb related lateral knee pain and achilles tendinopathy.

Our therapists work with runners on a daily basis, they are trained in injury prevention and are kept up to date with new industry trends through our affiliation to www.TheRunningClinic.com 

Working with you, Fulcrum Sports Therapy will evaluate your current running habits, assess your running gait biomechanics (Manchester and Hyde), your shoes, mechanical stresses, strengthening, hydration, along with movement and injury rehabilitation programmes.

To reduce the risk of injury, it is important that you, the runner, wear suitable footwear that will help strengthen your limbs limbs and improve your running, whilst managing any changes to your running habits carefully and steadily. We can help you with a programme of rehabilitation. Plus, personal training programmes and training guidance is available from our specialist training partners at the Pro-Balance Health.

As a certified Rock Doc, Fulcrum Sports Therapy can offer Kinesio Taping for extra support, for pain management and power taping for increased performance.