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Runner’s Injuries
What’s Actually Hurting When You Run?
Running injuries usually aren’t “mystery problems.”
They’re overloaded tissues that can’t keep up with the miles yet. The usual suspects we see are shin splints, IT band irritation, plantar fasciitis, Achilles and calf strains, patellar tendon pain, hip/hamstring tightness, and foot/ankle soreness.
Here’s how we explain it: when one joint doesn’t move well, another area has to pick up the slack. Joints get stiff, muscles guard, and tendons stay irritated. Our job is to restore clean movement so your body stops over‑compensating.
You’ll feel it in your stride: smoother hip/ankle motion, less tug on the tendon, and tissues that actually recover between runs.
How We Find the Root Cause (Not Just the Sore Spot)
Your visit starts with a focused movement & mobility assessment. We look at the simple stuff that matters for runners:
- Ankle dorsiflexion (can your ankle bend enough to load well?)
- Hip rotation/extension (can your hip travel behind you without your low back taking over?)
- Ribcage/pelvis control (is your trunk stable enough for single‑leg loading?)
- Single‑leg strength & balance (how you absorb and create force on one leg)
If a joint isn’t moving, we’ll fix that first. If a tendon is angry, we’ll calm it down and then progressively reload it the right way.
How We Fix It
Chiropractic (Motion First)
Adjustments are safe, precise movements applied to a joint to restore normal function.
The pops you might hear are just gas exchange. After an adjustment, we typically see a better range of motion, improved blood flow, less pain, and a shift from “fight‑or‑flight” to a calmer “rest‑and‑digest” state, so you recover better between runs.
Physical Therapy (Strength & Control)
We’ll assess how you squat, hinge, balance, and run, then give you tailored, progressive exercises, more than a banded handout. Expect focused work for foot/ankle strength, calf capacity, hip control, and run‑form cues that hold up under fatigue.
Shockwave (Accelerate Healing)
Shockwave is a non‑invasive device that penetrates deeply (about 5–5.5 inches) to reach thick tissues in stubborn, chronic spots such as Achilles, plantar fascia, patellar/quad tendon, hamstring, and hip tendinopathy.
It boosts blood flow and metabolic activity and recruits healing factors, so tissues remodel faster. We see our best results on extremities (foot/ankle/knee/hip/shoulder/elbow/chest).
Other Techniques
We may also layer in Active Release Technique (ART), Graston, dry needling, sports/deep tissue massage, cupping, KT/Rock taping, BFR, all depending on what helps you run pain‑free fastest.
Why Active People Choose Empower for Runner’s Injuries
Integrated Care Under One Roof
Chiropractic, performance PT, and sports/deep‑tissue massage, plus modalities, all coordinated.
Evidence First Before Imaging
Current guidelines guide us: no routine imaging unless it alters the plan.
Ready To Run With Confidence Again?
If you’re tired of pain bouncing from your foot to your knee to your hip, you need a plan that fixes motion and load, then builds you back stronger. That’s what we do every day for runners from Cumming, and nearby areas.
