How to Start Your Running Gait Analysis Clinic is designed for clinicians who want to move beyond simply learning how to analyze running mechanics and begin applying gait analysis as a structured clinical service. This module walks participants through the practical components needed to offer running gait analysis in a clinic, including equipment selection, patient intake forms, patient inclusion criteria, service workflow, and patient education.

Participants will learn how to determine which patients are appropriate for running gait analysis, how to organize the evaluation process, and how to use gait analysis findings to support patient care. The module also explores different patient management models, including one-time assessments, integration into a broader episode of care, return-to-run planning, performance-focused consultations, and follow-up reassessment models.

The goal of this module is to help clinicians create a running gait analysis service that is clinically useful, organized, and easy to explain to patients. Rather than treating gait analysis as an isolated test, this module emphasizes how to integrate the service into patient management, education, rehabilitation planning, and long-term running health.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the essential equipment needed to perform a running gait analysis in a clinical setting.
2. Identify patient intake forms and pre-assessment information needed to support an effective running gait analysis.
3. Establish patient inclusion criteria for determining who may benefit from running gait analysis.
4. Examine patient management models for integrating running gait analysis into clinical care.
5. Identify opportunities to educate patients on the benefits, limitations, and clinical value of running gait analysis.
6. Apply a structured workflow for incorporating running gait analysis into patient assessment, rehabilitation planning, and follow-up care.

CE approval note

This module is designed primarily as a clinical implementation resource focused on patient selection, assessment workflow, patient education, and integration of running gait analysis into clinical care. CE eligibility may vary by state, profession, and approval body. Content related to clinical reasoning, patient assessment, treatment planning, patient education, and care management may be appropriate for CE consideration where allowed; however, content focused primarily on business development, marketing, pricing, or clinic growth may need to be offered as a non-CE bonus resource or companion implementation toolkit.