Gait Analysis Toowoomba.
Don’t let pain from an injury stop you from taking your next step.
A Comprehensive Examination.
At Optimise Health, we use cutting-edge technology in an effort to help you move better, walk and run more efficiently, and reduce your risk of injury. Are you gearing up for your first 5k? Maybe you’re competing in a marathon or triathlon, or want to walk in the park without fearing pain. Whatever your goals and approach to fitness, you’re in the right place.
Our Zebris gait analysis system is a revolutionary tool that analyses the way you walk and run, providing detailed insights that were once only available at top institutions like the Australian Institute of Sport. Whether you’re a competitive athlete or someone who experiences pain while walking, our comprehensive gait analysis aims to help improve your movement and quality of life.
What Is Gait Analysis For?
Gait analysis is used to assess how your body moves while walking or running. It provides a detailed evaluation of your biomechanics, aiming to identify inefficiencies or issues that may contribute to discomfort, injury, or poor performance.
The Zebris gait analysis system takes traditional gait analysis methods and improves them tenfold. Zebris offers an advanced assessment, using 7,000 sensors in the treadmill belt to gather pressure and force data alongside video recordings. This data allows us to see precisely how your feet, legs, hips, and overall posture perform during each stride. From heel pain to chronic conditions, gait analysis helps us to identify the potential causes of discomfort and to develop your tailored treatment plan.
How Gait Analysis May Help?
Podiatrists, exercise physiologists, and physiotherapists have used running assessments for their patients for years. From addressing heel spurs and heel pain to assisting with recovery from spinal cord injuries, gait analysis has long been part of many peoples’ treatments. By identifying biomechanical issues, gait analysis aims to reduce pain, prevent sporting injuries, and improve your overall performance, whether during casual walks or a high-performance run.
The Zebris system’s detailed insights allow us to optimise your stride, correct your posture, and address weaknesses you may not have known you have in areas like your core, glutes, or hips. For runners, this means a more efficient stride, better arm carry, and improved overall technique.
Making small adjustments based on your analysis, such as correcting foot placement or arm position, may lead to significant improvements, allowing you to run safer and more efficiently in the long term. Whether you’re experiencing pain or just want to enhance your running, gait analysis has the potential to make a noticeable difference in your performance and comfort.
Ready to dip your feet into the eye-opening world of gait analysis?
How Gait Analysis May Provide Support?
Our gait analysis process begins with a thorough examination of your medical history, biomechanics, and any symptoms or pain you’re experiencing. We’ll then ask you to walk or run on our Zebris Gait Analysis Treadmill, where we can see your stride in detail.
The system’s 7,000 sensors will collect pressure and force data with every step, while dual video cameras capture detailed footage from behind and from the side. We can slow down the video frame by frame to pinpoint where the force is concentrated during each step— whether it’s on the heel, midfoot, or forefoot— and identify any areas for improvement.
This analysis will help us create a tailored treatment plan, whether it involves exercises, orthotics, or other strategies to improve your movement and reduce pain.
Your Gait Analysis Toowoomba Questions Answered .
Not at all! Gait analysis may be able to benefit anybody who experiences pain or discomfort while walking or standing, not just running. Runners often use gait analysis regardless of whether they’re experiencing painful symptoms, as their aim is often to run faster. However, it may also be useful for people looking to identify the root cause of the pain they have while standing or walking.
You certainly can! A gait analysis doesn’t necessarily treat issues such as chronic pain, stiffness, heel pain, or muscle tension, but it provides information that may play an important role in your rehabilitation. As your treatment plan will be tailored to you, it may look different to your running partner’s. So while you may consider trigger point therapy for your heel pain, they may use another form of manual therapy such as dry needling depending on the results of their gait analysis. Not interested in the idea of manual therapy involving thin needles? No problem— we’ll personalise your treatment plan to complement your gait analysis in the most appropriate way for you.
Why Optimise Health?
State-of-the-Art Facilities
At Optimise Health we're at the forefront of technology, offering Zebris gait analysis which was previously only seen in elite sports and research institutions.
Comprehensive Assessments
We leave no stone unturned when it comes to your pain and possible treatment options, considering all the common causes— and the not-so-common— that may be contributing to your foot pain.
Tailored Treatment Plans
We use the insights from your Zebris gait analysis to create personalised treatment plans designed to address your specific issues and goals.
Hoping to Give Heel Pain the Heave-Ho?
At Optimise Health, our goal is to assist you with yours. Whether you’re dealing with foot pain that stops you from walking or you need rehabilitation after an injury, we want to help you get back to daily life. By using Zebris gait analysis to determine your risk of injury, we use the information from your assessment to identify areas for improvement and help you get back on your feet. Book your appointment today!