is gait analysis worth it?
In short, yes. Gait analysis identifies the core of any pain that you have during walking, running, tennis, or other activities you enjoy.
Physica Health offers an advanced gait assessment program to improve your on-foot experience and technique. If you have suffered from pain in your feet, knees, hips, or back we're able to observe your foot mechanics to see if your gait—or manner of walking—is attributing to your discomfort.
who is gait + running analysis for?
Gait analysis benefits people who suffer from the following:
Plantar fasciitis
Shin splints
Knee pain, hip pain, or back pain
Lower limb chronic ligament injuries
Recurrent ankle sprains
Lower limb bursitis
Chronic Achilles discomfort during walking or running
Ongoing heel pain
Gait analysis also enables us to help people who use prefabricated or custom orthotics.
how does a gait + running analysis work?
foot, knee, or hip pain while walking?
Gait assessment will help identify the essence of any issues that you might have during walking, running, tennis, or other activities you enjoy. Physica Health examines old insoles and prescribes new ones as needed, either custom or prefabricated.
customized assessment of the foot, knee, and hip
Gait analysis has two stages. The first is a customized assessment of the foot, knee, and hip movements using high-end force plates that examine how you walk. The force plates record data that informs a practitioner of the dynamics of your walking cycle. The plates' visual interpretation of the data tells the practitioner of pain sources and aides in the development of a plan to correct any dysfunctions.
musculoskeletal assessment
Following the force plate analysis, our physiotherapist carries out a musculoskeletal assessment to examine the limbs of your body. Physica Health employs a highly advanced force measurement platform that uses thousands of sensors to give us a 2D and 3D analysis of foot position, pressure areas, and load development and distribution.
gait analysis faq
is gait analysis covered under my insurance?
If you have insurance coverage, Physica Health bills this service under Physiotherapy or Osteopathy coverage (depending on which clinician you see). Custom orthotics are usually covered under extended health insurance, but please contact your insurance provider for more details.
Why do I need a gait analysis?
Gait analysis gives us information about how you are loading your foot during the gait cycle; this enables us to come up with strategies to help in stabilizing the foot, knee, and hip with appropriate exercises. In some cases, we make recommendations for insoles.
Do I need custom orthotics? Or off-the-shelf insoles?
Physica Health uses a 3D footplate that gives us five key parameters that we analyze during the gait cycle. If these parameters are positive, we find that a custom insole can help. In most cases, a simple off-the-shelf insole does the trick.
