Pain slows us down and makes our bodies feel unnatural and awkward. As a result of pain, we adopt abnormal postures and develop adverse compensatory motions in other parts of the body when undertaking normal activities such as walking and running. These compensations often cause injuries in other areas of the body.
We provide Specialist Evidence-Based Biomechanical Profiling in order to determine the cause of your musculoskeletal injuries and factors affecting your performance. We are able to look closely at your posture and movement using sophisticated motion analysis and foot pressure systems, in addition to measuring muscle strength and other parameters.
Geraldine is highly experienced in Clinical Biomechanics and Sports Injury Biomechanics. She lectures widely at a number of Universities on MSc programmes, including musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Sports Injury Biomechanics, Sports Physiotherapy and Sports Rehabilitation. Both Geraldine and Active VIII's physiotherapists are highly skilled in the biomechanical analysis of normal and abnormal postures, walking and running gait and postural dysfunction.
We provide a specialist evidence-based biomechanical profiling and gait analysis service to determine the cause of your musculoskeletal problems:
Using sophisticated Biomechanical, Motion analysis and Pressure analysis systems, we can:
The assessment incorporates the use of highly sophisticated biomechanical analysis systems including:
For the assessment, you will need to bring shorts (similar to a swimming costume or lycra shorts- not below the knee) a crop top or short tee shirt and your sports and other footwear.
The assessment incorporates the use of highly sophisticated biomechanical analysis systems including:
Whether you want to understand your impact forces, push-off forces, ground contact time, etc – we’ve got you covered. This analysis will enable us to improve your running form and performance.
For the assessment, you will need to bring shorts (similar to a swimming costume or lycra shorts- not below the knee) a crop top or short tee shirt and your sports and other footwear.
Treatment is usually multi-faceted. It may incorporate for example:
We treat people from all walks of life, from children through to the elderly and have a particular interest in Olympic, Great Britain and National sportsmen and women and recreational sports enthusiasts. The technology within our Professional digital video analysis software and Biomechanical analysis programme allows us to provide you with:
An abnormal walking or running pattern (gait) can produce a number of problems that prevent you from functioning normally. Gait analysis is the biomechanical examination of how a person walks or runs.
It is often necessary to look carefully at how you walk or run to identify the cause of your :
Gait analysis and treatment is also commonly used to help sports people run more efficiently
Examination of your Gait (walking or running) and Posture is undertaken as part of our normal physiotherapy assessment of your musculoskeletal problem. This incorporates the following:
Examination of your Gait (walking or running) and Posture is undertaken as part of our normal physiotherapy assessment of your musculoskeletal problem. This incorporates the following:
posture
walking or running style
Examination of your joints, muscles and tendons
A diagnosis and explanation of the problem
Treatment and Rehabilitation
Analysis of the Cause of ITB Friction Syndrome in a Marathon Runner:
The video show the pelvis dipping excessivley due to poor gluteal muscle control over the (L) side. This has led to the knee moving into a "valgus" (knock knee position), triggering adverse friction of the outside ITB tendon against the thigh bone - causing pain and inflammation. This problem was resolved with "dynamic" physio-stability (core) exercsie therapy incorporating EMG Biofeedback of muscle activity.