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Gait Analysis

  • 29-01-2010 06:23PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭


    Reading the posts on here, alot of people recommend having gait done. So does anyone know of anywhere that does Gait around Waterford and how much should i expect to pay. Or is the closest John Buckley Cork or Ambhibian King in Bray.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭brophya2007


    Any place in Limerick to get it done?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭DustyBin


    Hi jmdsk
    I got mine done in My Sport in Enniscorthy if that helps
    The analysis was free on the understanding that I'd buy my runners there afterwards
    They seem to stock most brands


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,075 ✭✭✭BTH


    Gait analysis?? What does this entail? And whats the purpose/advantage?

    Sorry, a bit clueless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭jmdsk


    Thanks for that i'll give them a ring on monday. At least it's a bit closer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    Gait analysis as a concept is excellent however it is all about the intrepretation of results, knowledge of products, and an unbiased approach to recommending products. This can be rather difficult to find, threadmills in running shops are alot easier to find.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭jmdsk


    Thanks Tunney, I know what your saying but I was hoping just for someone to say this is what you should be wearing as you run like this.
    I have a high arch, small feet and bad ankles after years of abuse on football pitches. And a nice round 100kg's to match.
    So I know from reading I should be wearing cushioned shoes for high arches but because of the ankles I don't know if roll in as I should. At the moment I wear Asics Gel Nimbus. If that makes sense.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭TheLargerBowl


    From how you describe yourself, the Nimbus actually sounds like quite a good choice!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    Hi JMDSK,

    I would think that Gait analysis should be used as a guide only,

    From personal experience i got it done a few times on different types of machines from, video on a treadmill, The Cube to Adiddas gait scan and even the "fix all orthotics", and in my opinion i would stick to neutural cushion shoes unless you are getting some problems,

    All the gait scans i had done pointed to structure shoes but after a few years of wearing them and still serious knee pain a wise old man, Dr Denis Slattery gave me a 5mm heal riser after spotting a small difference in leg length.
    Two and half years later i'm still running almost pain free ( still get reminder now and again ).
    So the fact that my ankle was turning in on landing was nothing to do with my foot but it was from a leg length difference and the gait scan will not pick this problem up,

    Just a word of caution


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭Ceepo


    Hi JMDSK,

    I would think that Gait analysis should be used as a guide only,

    From personal experience i got it done a few times on different types of machines from, video on a treadmill, The Cube to Adiddas gait scan and even the "fix all orthotics", and in my opinion i would stick to neutural cushion shoes unless you are getting some problems,

    All the gait scans i had done pointed to structure shoes but after a few years of wearing them and still serious knee pain a wise old man, Dr Denis Slattery gave me a 5mm heal riser after spotting a small difference in leg length.
    Two and half years later i'm still running almost pain free ( still get reminder now and again ).
    So the fact that my ankle was turning in on landing was nothing to do with my foot but it was from a leg length difference and the gait scan will not pick this problem up,

    Just a word of caution


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭blind_hurler


    outfield sports in Carrick on Suir do it but I've no idea if they are any good just that they usually advertise at the Ballycotton 10


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 sportsguy2002


    Outfield Sports in Carrick have a machine called the motionQube, which is a biomechanical workstation. it carries out a series of tests, and recommends runners to suit your style. it is less subjective then ordinary gait analysis ,as the machine calulates most of the results. i got it done about 4 months ago, and the nike triax it recommended are going fine for me. test was €20,but free if you bought a pair of runners.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭surfjunky


    Thought I'd piggy-back on this thread about gait analysis. I'm interested in this, not from a product point of view but from maximising my stride. Anybody have good psychological tips (to remind you to keep it long) or physical work outs that help to open your stride. I'm 6ft4, run with a club, and when I run well my stride is nice and long, when tired, running xc or lose concentration it shortens up and I run inefficiently. I can turn-on an efficient stride, its keeping it for a whole race that I find difficult. Any advice would be great, anybody else have this trouble?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    surfjunky wrote: »
    Thought I'd piggy-back on this thread about gait analysis. I'm interested in this, not from a product point of view but from maximising my stride. Anybody have good psychological tips (to remind you to keep it long) or physical work outs that help to open your stride. I'm 6ft4, run with a club, and when I run well my stride is nice and long, when tired, running xc or lose concentration it shortens up and I run inefficiently. I can turn-on an efficient stride, its keeping it for a whole race that I find difficult. Any advice would be great, anybody else have this trouble?

    Who said a long stride was efficient or even desired :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭surfjunky


    Fair enough tunney, I suppose I'm trying to maximise the efficiency of my stride. I take the point that going longer may not actually be better! However, on a personal level you know when you're running below an ideal pace and then consciously up the tempo sometimes you get that feeling of flow back, a second-wind, well for me that feels like my stride is opening up. Perhaps what I need are ways to maintain concentration rather than trying to artificially increase stride length. Any psychological tips?


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