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Mail: info@thefootandlegclinic.co.uk

Find us: 113-115 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G4 9AH

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Body, Foot & Leg Clinic | Glasgow

Biomechanical Assessment

“This isn’t someone who wants to flog you insoles – it’s an engineer with great real world experience.”

Based in Glasgow, near George Cross

Specialist Biomechanical Assessment Clinic

We truly believe we provide the best Biomechanical Assessments in the UK with our patients regularly travelling from the Highlands of Scotland, London and Ireland. We utilise high spec gait analysis software to provide a 3D gait analysis of you walking or running (or playing golf or racket sports). Data is gathered and measured of your loading patterns as you walk or run including step length and loading times and patterns through various areas of your feet.

Appointments

Our prices

Our range of biomechanical assessments are performed at our clinic in Glasgow. When you contact us we will advise you on the correct service to choose and how much it will cost before you book.

£72

Foot & Ankle Biomechanical Assessment

From £135

Full Video Gait Analysis

£54

Biomechanical Analsys Review

About our biomechanical assessments

Additional advanced software measures your balance and postural sway in static stance and when walking or running, power and jump height when hoping and jumping, reaction times to visual and audio stimulus… and so much more.

The high spec equipment we utilise is of course an excellent tool and also lots of fun, however data analysis can NOT diagnose an injury nor devise a treatment plan. This is where it is essential that you see a clinician with experience that is also good at problem solving and able to add the ‘pieces of the puzzle’ together to figure out why you’re overloading various area of your body. Gait changes and realignment of your body can be recommended from this point only and not simply by gathering data.

Following the Biomechanical Assessment the clinician will devise a treatment plan for you. This will include some of the following; your unique strength and conditioning program, foot orthotics, foot mobilisation therapy, footwear advice or a referral to our specialist physiotherapist or sports massage therapist. The biomechanical clinician will work in conjunction with the physiotherapist and sports therapist to you achieve your goals of a healthier pain free body.

Biomechanical Assessment Services

Our experts can treat a range of injuries – get in touch to see how we can help you. Choose from 1 of the 3 analysis options below:

Glasgow

Gait Analysis

Choose our Gait Analysis to understand recurrent injuries of any weight bearing joints of the body (the Running Analysis is also available).

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Glasgow

Foot & Ankle

Get in touch with our team to diagnose your foot pain and identify the best treatment.

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Glasgow

Running Analysis

These free running store assessments look at whether a foot rolls in or out and shoes are supplied on that basis.

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What’s involved in our Biomechanical Assessments?

We capture video footage of you walking and/or running on a natural motion treadmill.  We invested heavily in this treadmill because we believe in the importance of an accurate biomechanical assessment. The treadmill allows us to record static and dynamic images from all angles and it does not maintain the “spring’ effect found in most standard treadmills.  The “spring” found in most treadmills tends to pull the foot into a greater degree of pronation, therefore natural daily foot patterns are not necessarily captured.

We capture movements in multiple planes of motion and  calculate the degree of rotations around the foot, ankle, knee and hip.  We have various camera capturing software systems included as part of our biomechanical assessment.  For full use of the camera analysis we recommend you book the Silver of Gold Gait Analysis.

Our software systems are scientific, tried and tested accredited at the University level.

This excellent modern software captures precise kinematic detail of your walking, running and even squat and balance patterns.  It has the ability to capture important technical information with regards to gait, as part of the biomechanical assessment, and is made possible by the infra-red light system utilised.

We measure the loading times and patterns through various areas of the feet and then measure these comparative differences through the left and right feet.

Specifically, our walking assessment includes computerised measurement of numerous parameters of gait; such as step length, stride length, flight time, contact time, propulsive phase, pace, speed and more.
computer analysis of your standing balance, your postural sway whilst walking, your jump height, acceleration power, squat alignment, squat and hip power and height and more… (available as part of the Gold Gait Analysis appointment).

We measure your jump and hop height and power (available as part of the Gold Analysis Appointment).

We measure your reaction to visible and audio stimulus (available as part of the Gold Gait Analysis appointment).

A technical report is produced which can be used comparatively to measure improvements/changes in gait patterns at your review appointment.

N.B. The biomechanical report is available as part of the Gait Analysis and Running Assessments and not available as part of the Foot and Ankle Assessment

Video Feedback: You will observe live stream video on the TV screen in-front of you as part of treadmill biomechanical assessments.  This will encourage you to make real time changes to your walking or running pattern to allow the clinician to analyse the effects.

We then connect to the video feedback software, which suggests real time gait changes the patient should make to bring the statistically differences into a normal range.  It’s pretty cool, the patient literally watches the numbers on the TV screen change whilst walking with suggested gait changes such as arm swing or enhancing heel strike.

N.B. Video Feedback is available as part of the Gold Gait Analysis and not the Silver Gait or Foot and Ankle Assessments.

As part of your biomechanical assessment, we utilise plantar pressure plate scanners which are constructed using robust and accurate capacitive sensors.  The plate captures detail of loading patterns through the feet.

Following the biomechanical assessment, you will be provided a biomechanical report which details summaries of the most relevant findings and suggested prescription.  With  authorisation, we will also forward this biomechanical report to your GP or other clinicians involved in your care.

Get in touch to learn more or book an appointment online.

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