Cutting Edge, 3D Gait Analysis System installed in Fit Physiotherapy.

The Running Injury Clinic has installed their revolutionary, 3D Gait Analysis System in Fit Physiotherapy, (#3-3010 32nd Street South, Lethbridge) on Friday January, 21 bringing a new perspective and new technology to running injury.

The state of the art, 3D gait analysis technology is usually only available to high performance athletes. Fit Physiotherapy is one of only four locations in North America where a member of the public can access this technology.

To book an appointment runners simply have to visit www.runninginjuryclinic.com/booking.

The 3D camera system and injury assessment protocol is based on years of biomechanical research from Dr. Reed Ferber’s University of Calgary lab. Ferber’s research shows that the majority of running injury is created by weakness and inflexibility. Following gait analysis and injury assessment, runners are given a prescription that targets their specific biomechanical issues.

Based on peer-reviewed, published research, 92% of Ferber’s patients are pain-free within four to six weeks. This new technology will also provide Lethbridge runners with their personal ‘Running Injury Risk.’ The Running Injury Risk is based on Ferber’s research using data from hundreds of patients. “After recording your gait patterns using our 3D System,” says Ferber, “we calculate several important variables associated with injury risk. We then compare you to our database of runners, and can accurately predict your risk of injury - and more importantly what you need to do to prevent injury in the future.” Every patient treated using the system also becomes part of the research database, which furthers Ferber’s research program.

Ferber’s 3D Gait Analysis system is currently available in Calgary at The Faculty of Kinesiology, University ofCalgary and THE Downtown Sports Clinics; in Banff at the Mineral Springs Hospita and in BC at Parkway Physiotherapy, Victoria.