The Center for Endurance Sport provides the following services:
Gait Analysis
Research has shown that 80% of all runners will have some type of injury, at some point during their career, which will require them to take at least 1 month off from training. On the contrary, neither 80% of basketball players nor 80% of chess players, encounter this problem. Therefore, the logical question is “What's the difference”? The answer is simple. Small imbalances in movement patterns are exaggerated after you have spent thousands of miles on your feet. Being proactive and obtaining a thorough analysis of movement corrects imbalance, improves movement efficiency, prevents injury, reduces time away from training, and indirectly enhances your athletic performance. Each individual has a “unique running form”. We use scientific data to find “your correct running form”.
Bike Fits
Cyclists spend several hundred dollars on a set of race wheels that they use for just a few days each year. Why not spend some time and money to tune up your engine? Wouldn't you like to work less while moving faster? A comprehensive bike fit can positively affect your “economy of motion”. For corroborative details, check out the article "Can I Buy Speed?" under the articles section on our web site.
Physician Care
Runners have a natural enemy - themselves. Since the running boom of the 1970's, the number of injuries in this demanding sport have multiplied. Experts estimate that more than 70% of all runners will experience an injury severe enough to require at least one week's abstinence from running during the course of their running careers. Just as running is a special type of sport activity, so running injuries require a specialized expertise. Today, injured runners have their own place to go for expert care and healing, the UVa Runner's Clinic.
Rehabilitation
Eric Magrum PT OCS FAAOMPT at UVA-Healthsouth Outpatient Sports Medicine Center works in concert with the Center for Endurance Sport to provide Physical Therapy services to the athletes that been evaluated through the SPEED clinic to provide additional treatment of the biomechanical dysfunction limiting their performance goals, preventing injury, or rehabilitate from an injury. Through communication with the Center for Endurance Sport clinicians and engineers, and utilization of the kinematic and kinetic data gathered, we can assist with addressing the source of the problem.
