Where to get a running gait analysis around London

Buying a pair of shoes is not as simple as it used to be: go in the store, choose, try out and buy. Now you can have someone analyse the way you move to find the right shoes for your foot type. One that should support your foot properly and reduce the risk of running related injuries.

I have to say I haven’t done an official gait analysis, but I’m aware some of you are or will so I’ve found a few places in London where you can have a running gait analysis.

Gait analysis is a way of assessing the way you walk and run, identifying any biomechanical abnormalities and is a list locations in and around London (there aren’t many!) where you can get a gait analysis (links open in new windows). If you know of any other places please let me know so I can add it to the list for everyone else. Just leave a comment below.

  1. Runner’s Need stores
    1. Great Portland St, Fitzrovia
    2. Victoria
    3. Canary Wharf
    4. Holborn
  2. Balance Physio 
  3. ProFeet in Fulham
  4. St Mary’s University Twickenham
  5. GaitUK in Lewisham, London
  6. Run And Become for an off the treadmill Natural Gait Analysis, in Victoria
  7. The Running Works in Houndsditch

All this being said, a running gait analysis doesn’t guarantee you get the best shoe for you. Furthermore I haven’t been to the stores I listed here, so cannot guarantee the quality of the gait analysis either.

If you know any of these stores aren’t going gait analysis anymore please leave a comment below and let me know so I can take it off the list.

Have you been to any of the stores listed above for a running gait analysis? What was your experience? Which ones would you recommend? Leave a comment below and let us know.

alexandramerisoiu
Alexandra Merisoiu, The Body Engineer, is the Founder of The Merisoiu Technique - Institute Of Health And Human Movement and Dracula’s Retreat. She is also a qualified Low Back Pain Management and Prevention Exercise Instructor and REPS registered.

She specialises in working with runners, beginners and advanced, who want to run faster, further, with less effort and fewer injuries. This is done through natural movement fitness and running technique and mechanics drawn from the many disciplines Alexandra has studies throughout the years, including long distance running.

Since 1995 she has explored how the body and mind works. She has done this through using many different sporting techniques and working with a wide variety of highly respected coaches. Throughout her Martial Arts career she has achieved 3rd Dan Black Belt in Karate Shotokan, runs her own Karate club and is IJKA 2017 triple World Champion, 2016 WMO Martial Arts British National and European Champion. She still competes at an international level.

It is through these learnings, and drawing inspiration from respected natural movement names such as MovNat, IdoPortal and POSE Method of running among many others, that she has created The Merisoiu Technique and has established her own unique transformational programs that incorporate thousands of years of knowledge with Natural Human Movement.

Alexandra’s mission is to challenge the status quo of how to achieve the truly strong, fit and powerful body a runner needs to perform at their best level. This is done through building strong, lasting foundations in the natural outdoor environment; reducing the risk of injuries and educating people on the power of the fundamentals of natural human movement and running mechanics.

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