Initial assessment
Gait & Posture Analysis
Understand how postural asymmetries and poor movement patterns could be contributing to pain, day to day discomfort, and holding you back from performing at your best.
- Length
- 90 minutes
- Initial assessment
- €180
- With a 3D scan
- €250
- Analysis
- Photo and slow motion video
Our standard assessment
What Happens During Your Initial Assessment?
Our standard 90 minute assessment includes detailed history taking, photo posture analysis, slow motion video gait analysis, and an introductory training session to get you started.
This assessment creates a clear picture of what your issues are, and gives us the information needed to begin building a tailored plan, individualized to your needs and goals.
This video walks you through our standard 90-minute initial assessment and explains what you can expect during your appointment.
Step by step
What Does the Assessment Include?
- 01
Your History and Goals
We begin each assessment by discussing your medical and exercise history, where you currently feel you are, and what your goals are moving forward.
- 02
Full Body Postural Assessment
We take photographs from all four angles, front, back, and both sides. These give us a single frame, or snapshot view of what your body likes to do during movement.
- 03
Walking and Running Gait Analysis
We use slow motion video to assess how your body moves while walking and, if appropriate, running. Rather than focusing only on the legs and feet like some other forms of gait analysis, we account for the whole body by looking at how the feet, knees, hips, pelvis, ribcage and shoulders interact during your gait cycle.
- 04
Interpretation
Once we have taken the photos and videos, we will go into the office to go through the findings together. Here we have an opportunity to give you a better understanding of how the findings are relevant to you and the issues you have been having.
- 05
Exercise
After the assessment, we will move into the gym and begin teaching you some Functional Patterns fundamentals. Self massage techniques and basic corrective exercises relative to your specific findings will be done, and you will be given homework to complete before your next session.
Add a scan
Optional 3D Postural Scan
Your initial assessment can also be combined with our Scaneca 3D body scan.
The scanner creates a detailed three dimensional model of your body and provides objective postural measurements to complement our photo posture and video gait analysis. It also establishes a useful baseline for tracking changes over time.
Is it for you?
Who Is the Assessment For?
The assessment may be suitable if you:
- Experience persistent or recurring discomfort
- Feel that your body is uneven or out of balance
- Have tried treatment or exercise without lasting progress
- Experience repeated injuries during sport or training
- Want to improve your posture or movement
- Want to understand your walking or running mechanics
- Want an objective starting point before beginning training
You do not need to be in pain to benefit. We also work with active people who want to better understand their movement and improve their physical performance.
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What Happens After Your Initial Assessment?
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