Gait Analysis

Our Approach: Your Walk Explains Your Pain

Foot pain that keeps coming back after treatment usually has a mechanical cause that treatment never addressed. Gait analysis examines how you actually stand, walk, and load your feet — alignment, joint motion, timing, pressure distribution, and the wear patterns on the shoes you brought with you.

The output is not a printout; it is an explanation. It converts “my foot hurts” into “here is the specific mechanical reason your foot hurts, and here is what changes it.” That is what makes the resulting treatment stick, because you are correcting a cause rather than managing a symptom.

Recognizing the Signs: Who Should Have Their Gait Evaluated

Runners with recurring injuries, anyone whose pain returns after each round of treatment, patients with flat feet or high arches, people whose shoes wear unevenly or asymmetrically, children who trip frequently or walk oddly, and older adults with balance concerns or fall risk.

It is also valuable before investing in custom orthotics. Prescribing a corrective device without understanding how the foot loads is guesswork, and gait analysis is what turns an orthotic prescription into a targeted intervention.

Recovery: What You Leave With

The evaluation itself takes part of a normal visit — comfortable clothing and your usual shoes are all you need to bring. There is nothing invasive and nothing to recover from.

You leave with concrete next steps: footwear guidance matched to your mechanics, a custom orthotic prescription when it is warranted, specific stretching or strengthening targets, and activity modifications with a rationale attached. For runners we discuss cadence, volume progression, and shoe rotation. An analysis is only as good as the plan it produces, so ours ends with actions rather than data.