Physiotherapy in Ottawa
Running & Gait Analysis in Ottawa
A physiotherapy-led assessment for runners, walkers, and active people who want clearer insight into movement patterns, recurring strain, and return-to-running planning.
Running & Gait Analysis for real-life goals: comfort, movement, recovery, confidence, and care guidance.
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Assessment and planning
Understand how you move
Running and gait analysis can help you better understand how your body is moving, where symptoms may be showing up, and what factors may be contributing to recurring strain.
At Glebe Osteopathy and Wellness, your assessment may include movement screening, gait observation, strength or mobility testing, and sensible starting points for training, recovery, or return to activity.
Who this is for
This service is designed for patients who want practical guidance, clearer next steps, and a physiotherapy-led plan.
Runners returning after injury
For runners rebuilding after pain, strain, time away from training, or a recent change in activity level.
Recurring leg injuries & discomfort
For people noticing repeated symptoms during running, stairs, workouts, or daily movement.
Walkers and active adults
For people who want clear feedback on stride, balance, or comfort with movement.
Training or race preparation
For active people preparing for a race, season, new routine, or return-to-running plan.
What may be included
Your assessment is tailored to your symptoms, goals, and the next decision you need to make.
Movement and gait review
Observation of walking, running, or movement patterns to identify areas that may need support.
Strength and mobility screening
Assessment of strength, range of motion, control, and movement capacity related to your goals.
Training and load discussion
A review of recent activity, training changes, footwear context, and recovery & symptom patterns.
Practical decisions
A clear plan that may include exercise, pacing, mobility work, or return-to-running guidance.
What to expect
Your running and gait assessment follows a practical, step-by-step process designed to clarify what may be contributing to symptoms and identify realistic next steps for recovery, training, and return to activity.
Select each step to review what happens during a running and gait assessment. The visual beside the steps changes with the selected item.
- We start by discussing your symptoms, training history, activity level, footwear, recent changes in distance or intensity, and what you want to get back to. This helps place your movement patterns within the context of your day-to-day activity and longer-term goals.
- Your physiotherapist reviews the movement, strength, mobility, balance, and gait mechanics most relevant to your concerns. Depending on your goals, this may include walking, running, single-leg control, joint motion, loading patterns, and how your body responds as speed or effort changes.
- You leave with clearer next steps based on the assessment findings. These may include exercises, training adjustments, pacing strategies, footwear considerations, recovery guidance, or follow-up physiotherapy to support a gradual and confident return to activity.
Transparent pricing
Fees and booking
This service is booked through physiotherapy. Receipts are available where applicable.
Running / Gait Analysis
Assessment for gait mechanics, movement concerns, and return-to-running planning.
What the assessment helps clarify
The goal is not to overcomplicate your running form. It is to connect your symptoms, movement pattern, training load, and next steps in a way you can actually use.
- Whether pain is more likely connected to training load, strength capacity, mobility limits, footwear changes, recovery habits, or movement control.
- Which activities may be reasonable to continue, modify, pause, or rebuild gradually while symptoms settle.
- What to prioritize first: strength, mobility, pacing, gait cues, return-to-running progressions, or broader physiotherapy care.
- When a different care pathway, medical assessment, or a longer rehabilitation plan may be more appropriate.
Meet your clinician
Work with a physiotherapist for assessment, planning, and practical guidance.
Jade supports assessment, rehab planning, and practical progression for movement, strength, and recovery. Her approach may be a strong fit when you need structure, exercise guidance, and a plan for returning to activity.
Jade may be a strong fit if you want structured rehabilitation, movement guidance, and a practical plan for rebuilding strength, confidence, and activity tolerance.
Assessment focus
What gait analysis helps you understand
Running and walking assessments are most useful when they connect what you feel during activity with load, strength, mobility, footwear, training rhythm, and movement strategy.
Pattern, not just posture
We look at how your body manages repeated steps, landing, cadence, stride habits, and fatigue. The goal is not to label one perfect running form, but to identify the patterns that may be worth modifying.
Load and recovery context
Recurring running pain is often affected by training changes, recovery, footwear, terrain, strength, and previous injuries. Your assessment connects movement findings with the practical choices that shape your weekly load.
A plan you can test
Recommendations may include cueing, exercise, strength work, warm-up changes, pacing, return-to-run guidance, or physiotherapy follow-up. You should leave with next steps that are realistic to try, not a long list of vague corrections.
After the assessment
Turning the findings into a running plan
The most useful gait analysis gives you a small number of changes to test gradually, then connects those changes to pain behaviour, training load, strength, mobility, recovery, and your return-to-running goal. The goal is a specific, testable plan that can be adjusted after a normal week of training.
Common next steps
- Modify one or two running variables at a time.
- Build strength around the area being overloaded.
- Adjust weekly load, terrain, or recovery where needed.
- Use follow-up care when pain persists or returns.
FAQs
Answers about booking, assessment, and how this service fits into physiotherapy care.
No. Running and gait analysis can be helpful for recreational runners, walkers, active adults, and people returning to movement after discomfort or time away.
It may help identify movement, strength, mobility, or training factors that are contributing to symptoms. Your physiotherapist will explain what they find and what next steps may fit.
When appropriate, your physiotherapist may recommend exercises, mobility work, pacing changes, or return-to-running progressions based on your assessment.
Yes. This service is provided through a physiotherapy assessment and may be combined with rehabilitation, exercise planning, and return-to-activity support.
You can contact the clinic before booking, or choose the service that best matches your main concern and goals.
Yes. Online booking is available through JaneApp, and you can contact the clinic if you need help choosing a service.
Want a clearer plan for running, walking, or returning to activity?
Book a physiotherapy assessment and get practical guidance for movement, recovery, and next steps.