At Scott St Physiotherapy, we thoroughly enjoy meeting and treating runners and athletes alike. Since we opened our doors, we have helped hundreds of runners overcome their injury setbacks and get back on track. Plus, working amongst the Perth Hills in Helena Valley, we aware of the increased demands that hill and trail running places on our runners around Darlington, Kalamunda, Helena Valley, Glen Forrest and Mundaring.

We are here to treat the competitive and experienced runner or the beginner runner who wants to build their fitness and stay injury free. Get in touch today if you want to start your running journey or want to take it to the next level.

Training Plans

Do you have an event coming up but don’t know how to train for it? Or maybe you want to improve your time but don’t know where to start? Our Physiotherapists can help! Our plans are carefully designed to keep you away from injury and moving forward. We will gather information about your training history, current training load and goal time to design a program that’s right for you. Get in touch down below.

Common Running Injuries

Research shows that each year 70% of runners will experience an injury that keeps them out of their running shoes for at least 2 weeks. Each step that you run, 3-5x your body weight is put through a single limb. If you weigh 60kg, that’s 180-300kg of weight EVERY STEP. It’s no wonder that running can result in many different injuries. Below are a list of common running injuries we see at Scott St Physiotherapy.

Achilles Tendinopathy

The annoying Achilles tendon that you can’t keep at bay despite a careful training plan. This is one of the more common running related injuries we see in clinic, and usually easy to treat.

Plantar fasciitis

Do you have heel pain first thing out of bed in the morning and have to walk around with your toes scrunched? This is probably plantar fasciitis. Physiotherapy can help through taping, load management and exercises.

Patellofemoral pain

Our runners usually describe generalised knee pain that worsens over a run and is especially bad up when going up or down hills. They might have some swelling around their knee after runs. These runners usually need a quads and lateral glutes program, strapping and a little bit of load management.

Stress fractures

A dreaded stress fracture is a runners worst nightmare. Runners usually describe a deep ache in their foot or leg that gets worse as they continue to run and eases when they stop. Sorry, but this injury is a bugger and the only way to get better is to stop running. Patients need 6-8 weeks off running, possibly a boot and sometimes crutches. You can’t speed up bone healing, so this is a flat rule.

Shin Splints

You can read about physiotherapy for Shin Splints here!