Based in Glasgow, near George Cross
Sports biomechanical assessment clinic
Biomechanical assessment is a problem solving service that helps assess and diagnose pains and injuries, particularly those experienced through playing sports. Our specialist team work with amateur and professional athletes across Scotland and the UK from our clinic in Glasgow.
Our biomechanical specialists will work with you to firstly fully understand the circumstances of your condition, whether that’s an obvious event that caused injury, or a more complex long term issue. We then use our gait analysis software to generate a 3D gait analysis to assess your loading patterns to effectively diagnose the cause of your condition.
From here, we recommend effective treatments, which can include custom orthotics, physiotherapy, KCR or even referral for surgery from one of the many specialist surgeons we work with.
We have an excellent success rate conditions of all kinds, even when the patient has had several diagnoses from their GP or other consultants previously.
Contact us today to arrange an initial assessment.
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.
What is a biomechanical assessment?
Biomechanics is so much more than helping with a diagnosis – there are scans that can diagnose but won’t necessarily help with you understanding what caused the tissue damage and how to recover.
A biomechanical analysis is the understanding of your body’s unique alignment and in particular, how the position of the joints of your feet, knees, hips, spine, shoulders, arms and head are all connected.
A true biomechanical assessment will analyse the position of your foot during the various stages of your gait cycle. Very small angle changes in the foot alignment will create significant changes in the Ground Reaction Force (GRF) as it passes around the ankle, knee and hip.
Bespoke Treatment
Often patients come to us having tried treatments prescribed by GPs or other consultants. The breadth of skills and experience within our clinic means we can offer much more effective treatments, which may include physiotherapy, KCR, custom orthotics or services. We have an excellent success rate in diagnosing and treating our patients.
Biomechanical assessment services
Our sports injury clinic offers biomechanical assessment and review services for athletes of all skill levels, type of sporting activity, ages and injuries. You can browse our categories below for more information or contact us to book an initial assessment with our team.
A biomechanical assessment is an insight into why pain, discomfort or injuries occur
A biomechanical assessment will help our clinician understand your gait cycle, the kinematic and kinetic aspect of your gait analysis, functional anatomy as well as allowing us to be able to take a holistic approach in addressing your problem.
Quite often, a discussion with patients will reveal useful information to help us diagnose your condition. While the cause of your pain or discomfort may be from an obvious event such as an injury, quite often the cause can be from areas that you or other consultants may not consider.
Our assessments can then include a static stance assessment or full video gait analysis using our in-house technology. All this information can help us effectively diagnose your condition, whether it’s a minor pain when moving or why you’re not recovering from an injury.
How our biomechanical assessment and breadth of knowledge helped one woman relieve lower leg pain
Many patients attend the clinic for a biomechanical assessment after years of seeing various physiotherapists, an orthopaedic surgeon, or a neurologist without explanation for their pain. A good biomechanical assessment can explain to the patient exactly why they have been overloading their tissues enough to cause constant pain. The solution is often very simple.
One recent example of this was a woman in her late 50s who was fit and active, walked all over the West End daily and swam several times per week.
She presented complaining of pain on the lateral (outer) aspect of her lower leg that would not go away despite her adhering to her physio exercise plan and avoiding the walking and swimming that she enjoyed so much. At night the leg would tremor.
This patient’s GP prescribed pain medication and referred her to neurology. A scan was organised and was clear. She was then referred to the Pain Clinic where she was prescribed a higher dose of pain medication.
Often the answer lies in the questions. After talking to the patient, we discovered she had experienced a stressful life event around the same time as she stumbled and sprained her ankle.
Our diagnosis was over-activity of the muscles on the outer aspect of the lower leg.
Her sprain caused her to walk holding her ankle stiff and inverted, therefore working these muscles concentrically. Over time, muscle memory caused her to continue walking like this and her muscles wouldn’t stop over-firing, even when in bed.
Our treatment was to help her adjust her walking pattern slightly and encouraged mindfulness meditation.
Within 2 weeks she was pain-free.
Get in touch with us
We can assist in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment for most sporting injuries and work with clients ranging from professional athletes to people taking up a sport for the first time. When you contact us we will advise on the best service for your injury and how much it will cost before booking.
Frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most commonly asked questions from patients who haven’t yet had a biomechanical assessment.
Is a biomechanical assessment worth it?
A biomechanical assessment is worth it for anyone who is experiencing pain or injury from sporting activities, particularly those who haven’t been able to resolve the issue from their GP appointment or other consultations. Biomechanical assessments are primarily a problem solving service and can often diagnose and treat conditions relatively quickly.
What happens at a biomechanical assessment appointment?
At you first biomechanics appointment, your clinician will ask you about the nature of your pain or injury. This will cover any direct information (such as a fall that resulted in a sprain) and more general information (such the nature of the sport or lifestyle factors). From here, your clinician will perform a 3D gait analysis and interpret all of the data to help diagnose the cause of your condition.
How long does a biomechanical assessment take?
A foot and ankle assessment will take around 30 minutes, and a video gait analysis will take around 1 hour. The last 10-15 minutes of these sessions is where your clinician will discuss the results with you and recommend treatments.
How much does a biomechanical assessment cost?
At the Body Foot and Leg Clinic, a foot & ankle biomechanical assessment costs £72 and a full video gait analysis starts at £98.