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Running Injury Clinic and SOLE Create Unique Partnership |
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Clinic hopes research will lead to better treatment of common running injuries.
Dr. Reed Ferber, Director of Kinesiology’s Running Injury Clinic, at the University of Calgary, today announced a new partnership with SOLE.
SOLE (www.yoursole.com) has agreed to support the Clinic’s research that aims to improve treatment of one of the most common foot and ankle injuries for runners. Posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction or PTTD commonly leads to other injuries such as plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, and acquired flat foot. Collectively, these injuries cost Canadians billions in health care costs each year.
“This generous support shows me that as a company, SOLE is genuinely interested in the big picture” says Ferber. “Creating industry partnerships with a company like SOLE makes a lot of sense. Many thousands of runners already use SOLE Orthotics, so this research is obviously relevant to many, many people. We hope that our research can show runners the best approach to preventing and treating their injuries.”
SOLE is the world leader in over the counter custom footbeds - orthotics that individual wearers custom mold to the shape of their feet.
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The statistics paint a fairly grim picture, fitness levels of Canadian children and youth have declined significantly since 1981, and obesity rates have tripled.
The Running Injury Clinic, along with Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary have decided to try do something about it. We’re calling it the 1% To Be Active.
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Cutting Edge, 3D Gait Analysis System comes to Victoria |
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Victoria area Runners will soon be on the fast track to injury recovery! The Running Injury Clinic has installed their revolutionary 3D Gait Analysis System at Parkway Physiotherapy, (721 Station Avenue #105, Langford, BC) bringing a new perspective and advanced technology to understanding running injuries. The state of the art, 3D gait analysis technology - which has been featured in Men’s Health, Runner’s World and Canadian Running Magazine - is very pleased to form this newest partnership with the group at Parkway. JR Justesen, a physiotherapist and co-owner with Parkway, will be heading up this advanced technology and providing runners with the opportunity to receive a 3-dimensional biomechanical analysis of their running patterns to help prevent injuries and optimize their current treatment. For more information, or to book an appointment, please visit www.parkwayphysiotherapy.ca
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3D Gait Analysis System installed in Banff Mineral Springs Hospital |
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Bow Valley Runners will soon be on the fast track to injury recovery. In a partnership with Banff Sport Medicine, the Running Injury Clinic has installed their 3D Gait Analysis System in the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital bringing a new perspective and new technology to running injury. The state of the art, 3D System at the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital is one of only six locations in North America where a member of the public can access this type of technology. The 3D camera system and injury assessment protocol is based on years of biomechanical and running-injury research from Dr. Reed Ferber’s University of Calgary lab. Following the gait analysis and injury assessment, runners are given a treatment protocol that targets their specific biomechanical issues. To book an appointment runners simply click on the "Book An Appointment" button to the left. For more information visit the Kinesiology webpage: https://www.ucalgary.ca/knes/news/RIC_Banff |
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WHAT'S YOUR RUNNING INJURY RISK? |
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The Running Injury Clinic is pleased to announce an entirely new way of assessing and thinking about running injuries. For the past 3 years we have been building the world's largest database and conducting world-class research to understand the main factors related to running injuries. We can now calculate your Running Injury Risk using this validated method. Our database is comprised of scientific measures of 3D biomechanics, strength, flexibility, and anatomical alignment. By comparing your own data against these values, we calculate your percentile score and thus calculate your Injury Risk. There is no other clinic or research lab, in the world, with such a comprehensive database of information. Click here to view a Sample Report and look for more information coming from such sources as Canadian Running Magazine, Running Times, and Runner's World. |
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Barefoot Running Injury Prevention Program |
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There has been much attention given to the benefits of barefoot running over the past few weeks. Largely this attention has come from the latest research from Dr. Dan Liberman published in Nature this past week. You can also check out Dr. Liberman’s website https://www.barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu for more information.
We at the Clinic must emphasize that there is no research to directly support or refute the injury-prevention potential of barefoot running. To date, the handful of biomechanical studies have simply provided evidence that running barefoot changes your mechanics compared to running shod. Thus, we are currently engaged in research to better understand this form of running. From a clinical and biomechanical perspective, what we do know is that sufficient ankle stabilizing muscle strength is critical to make the transition from shod to barefoot running. This program is meant to be a guide to help prevent injuries if you are thinking of taking up barefoot running. |
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Common Hip Strengthening Exercises |
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Click here for some of our most commonly used hip and core strengthening exercises. Our own research, and research from other labs, has shown these exercises to be effective at reducing your potential for developing an injury as well as optimizing and improving your treatment of common running-related injuries. |
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Interested In Treating or Preventing an Injury?? |
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Knee Pain when running?
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If your run 20km per week and you have pain under your kneecap |
| You will receive FREE treatment at the clinic for 6 weeks. |
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Trying to prevent an injury?
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If you run 20km per week and you are running injury free |
| You will receive a 6 week injury prevention program. |
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Ankle Pain when running?
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If you run 20km per week and you have pain on the inside of your ankle |
We are investigating how your
running mechanics may change and how to resolve these symptoms |
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Low back pain?
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If you run 5-10km per week and if you have back pain |
| We are investigating to role of thehip muscles in controlling and treating your pain |
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If you are interested and would like
to participate, please contact our
Research Coordinator, Jill Baxter
(jbaxter@ucalgary.ca) |
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Running clinic hits its stride |
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U of C’s Running Injury Clinic unveils new equipment and expert staff that establishes the clinic as one of the
premiere gait analysis and running injury clinics in North America.
A new eight camera, 3-D motion analysis system, combined with new, expert staff are just a few of the reasons
that Canada’s best running injury clinic is now considered by many to the best in North America - and maybe
the world. “I’m confident that there is no where else in North America where a member of the public can walk
in and access the expertise and the equipment we now have in the Running Injury Clinic.” says the Clinic’s
Director Reed Ferber (PhD, CATC, ATC).
Ferber is a biomechanist who has taken a revolutionary approach to treating running injury. After observing a
runner to determine the biomechanical root of their injury, Ferber ‘prescribes’ a specific strengthening and
stretching routine to ‘fix’ the underlying problem and eliminate the pain.
Since the clinic began operation, 90% of patients report being pain-free, often within a couple of weeks of their
initial visit. “I tell everyone, whether they’re my patients or not, that if a treatment isn’t working after one to three
weeks, then it’s not working and it’s time to try something else,” says Ferber.
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