Are nagging aches and pains from training holding you back from running at your best? Don't sacrifice the running life you love over problems that can be fixed. We help runners eliminate pain, fix their mechanics, and come back stronger than ever.
Running injuries are one of the most common things we treat at Strike PT. Every week we see runners who are frustrated, confused, and ready to give up on the sport they love — because nothing they've tried has actually fixed the problem.
Maybe you've backed off training, iced everything, bought expensive insoles, and it still hurts. Maybe you've been told your body "just isn't built for running" or that pain is "normal" as you get older.
None of that is true. Running pain is not inevitable. It's a signal that something in your mechanics, strength, or training load is off — and when you fix that, the pain goes away. For real.
That's exactly what we do at Strike Physiotherapy & Performance. We don't tell runners to stop running. We figure out why it hurts and we fix it.
Talk to a PT For FreeFrom your first evaluation to your best race, this is how we help runners recover faster, run smarter, and perform at their peak.
We go beyond the symptoms to find the real reason you're in pain — whether it's hip weakness, ankle stiffness, poor cadence, or training load errors.
We refine your running form, boost your efficiency, and correct the biomechanical issues that are slowing you down and increasing your injury risk.
You won't just run pain-free — we'll help you run faster, farther, and stronger. Many of our runners hit personal records after completing treatment.
It's very common to think that back pain is nothing serious — that it'll just go away on its own. People blame it on sleeping in a weird position, a random spasm, or simply "getting older." But then weeks turn into months, and nothing changes.
If that's happening to you, you're far from alone. Lower back pain is the #1 problem we treat at our clinic — and every person who walks through our door wants to know the same thing:
The truth is, most back pain isn't caused by a single event. It's usually the result of years of poor posture, weak core muscles, and movement patterns that slowly break down the structures in your lower back. That time you "threw it out" picking something up? That was just the final straw — not the actual cause.
And here's what makes it worse: the most common advice — rest, painkillers, and "wait it out" — doesn't address any of that. It just buys time while the underlying problem keeps getting worse.
That's exactly why so many people end up living with chronic back pain for years, thinking it's something they just have to accept. It's not. And I'm here to prove it.
You took time off. The pain faded. Then you started running again — and it came right back. Rest doesn't fix the underlying weakness or mechanical issue. It just pauses the symptoms until you load them again.
When you strengthen the weak links and correct the movement faults that caused the injury, you eliminate the pain at its source — and it doesn't come back when you ramp your mileage up again.
Being told to stop running because of "bad knees" or "worn out joints" is one of the most common — and most damaging — pieces of advice runners receive. It's almost never accurate.
Research shows running is actually protective for joints when paired with proper strength and mechanics. The issue is almost always fixable — weak muscles, mobility restrictions, or training load errors.
You've spent hundreds on shoes, orthotics, and compression gear — but nothing fundamentally changed because footwear can't fix a hip strength deficit or a cadence problem.
Shoes matter, but they're a small piece of the puzzle. Real results come from fixing your body — strengthening weak muscles, improving mobility, and optimizing how you actually move when you run.
Age is not a diagnosis. Plenty of runners in their 40s, 50s, and 60s run pain-free and hit personal bests. Accepting pain as "just getting older" means accepting a fixable problem as permanent.
Weakness, poor mobility, and under-recovery are the limiting factors — and those can all be addressed with the right program, regardless of your age. We've helped runners of all ages return to peak performance.
Book a free discovery call with a PT. Tell us what's going on — we'll let you know exactly how we can help, with zero obligation and zero pressure.
Whether you're a casual jogger or training for a marathon, these are the running injuries we solve every week at our clinic.
Pain around or behind the kneecap — especially going downhill, squatting, or after long runs. Usually caused by hip weakness, quad imbalance, or poor tracking mechanics.
Throbbing pain along the inside of your shinbone during or after running. Often related to sudden mileage increases, calf weakness, or overpronation that can be corrected.
Sharp pain on the outside of your knee that intensifies with every mile. Typically linked to hip and glute weakness rather than tightness — which is why foam rolling alone doesn't fix it.
Stabbing heel pain with your first steps in the morning or after long runs. We address the foot, ankle, and calf mechanics that create the overload — not just the symptoms.
Pain and stiffness in the back of your ankle that worsens with activity. We use progressive loading protocols proven to rebuild tendon strength and get you back to full mileage.
Pain in your hips, glutes, or lower back that shows up during or after runs. Often caused by core instability, hip mobility restrictions, or stride mechanics that overload the spine.
At Strike Physiotherapy & Performance, we don't just ask "where does it hurt?" We look at your whole body.
Your first visit includes a comprehensive evaluation, full-body assessment, movement screening, and hands-on strength and mobility testing - designed to identify the weak links that are affecting your running. Because most running injuries don't start at the site of pain. They start somewhere else.
From there, we build a treatment plan tailored to your goals that doesn't just eliminate your current pain - it corrects the underlying mechanical and strength deficits that caused it. That means you won't just get back to running. You'll run better than before.
Every session is one-on-one with a doctor of physical therapy. No aides, no shared appointments, no cookie-cutter exercise sheets. As a former competitive combat athlete, Levan understands what it means to push your body to its limits - and how devastating it is when an injury takes that away from you.
We work with runners of all levels - from people getting back into jogging to competitive marathon runners - and our approach is always the same: find the root cause, fix it, and build you back stronger.
We take you through a comprehensive biomechanical evaluation with video gait analysis to identify exactly what's causing your pain — from hip weakness to cadence issues to stride inefficiencies.
We build a personalized plan combining hands-on therapy, targeted strengthening, and mechanics coaching — designed to eliminate pain and build the resilience your running body demands.
After eliminating your pain, we optimize your form and build a plan that lets you safely increase mileage, improve your times, and stay injury-free for the long haul.