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

• Great Portland St, Fitzrovia
• Victoria
• Canary Wharf
• 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.

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Alexandra Merisoiu, known as The Body Engineer, is the Founder of Move Wild Academy and Dracula’s Retreat. She started her PT career in 2013 and is now a Level 4 Personal Trainer, qualified in Low Back Pain Management and Prevention. 

As a long distance runners herself, she now specialises in working with runners, beginners and advanced, who want to run faster, further, with less effort and fewer injuries. When working with runners the focus is to reduce running impact, joint damage and muscle tension while maximising performance through running technique and form.

Since 1995 she has explored how the body and mind works, starting with Martial Arts and moving on to others sports throughout her career. Throughout her Martial Arts career she has achieved 3rd Dan Black Belt in Karate Shotokan, runs her own Karate club in Oxted and is IJKA 2017 triple World Champion, 2016 WMO Martial Arts National and European Champion. She still competes at international level.

It is through these learnings, and drawing inspiration from respected names such as MovNat, IdoPortal and POSE Method of Running to name a few, that she helps runners reduce the risk of injuries and achieve personal bests. Alexandra’s mission is to challenge the status quo of the current fitness trend and power running paradigm, by educating on correct body mechanics above anything else.

Alexandra has been awarded the Tandridge Sports Personality of the Year 2017 award and WeAreTheCity Rising Star Award 2016.