Newcastle’s Running Injury Specialists

Injured?
Don’t Lose
Your kilometres.

Treatment That Keeps Your Training Block Alive

Telling a runner to stop running rarely works — and it’s usually not necessary. Our approach finds what’s actually causing the problem, modifies your load intelligently, and keeps you moving while you recover.

Private Health Insurance and Medicare accepted
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20+
Years Experience
100%
Focused on Staying Active
Accredited Physiologists
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Most running injuries are a technique problem — poor mechanics overload the tissues.

Plantar fasciitis, shin splints, IT band, Achilles — the majority of running injuries are driven by how you run, not just how much. Poor running mechanics place repetitive stress on structures that aren’t equipped to handle it. Addressing technique is just as important as managing load — and without fixing it, the injury tends to come back regardless of how long you rest.

Stop Running? Rarely.
Run Smarter? Always.

Runners who stop completely often return too fast, too soon — and get injured again. We use modified training to maintain your aerobic base, protect the injured structure, and build genuine capacity rather than just waiting for the pain to subside.

Common reasons runners end up here

Usually it’s a rapid increase in mileage, a race goal that pushed beyond current capacity, or a biomechanical issue that’s been quietly building for months.

  • Heel and arch pain on the first steps of the morning
  • Sharp or aching knee pain during or after runs
  • Outer hip or IT band tightness that won’t stretch away
  • Calf or Achilles tightness that gets worse through a run
  • Shin pain with a specific tender spot on the bone
  • Hip flexor tightness or deep groin pain on long runs
  • Lower back pain that flares with high mileage weeks

Training for a race and now injured?

Tell us your race date and we’ll build a plan designed to get you to the start line. We work backwards from your goal, not forward from rest.

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Common Running Injuries

Whatever distance you train for, these are the injuries we see most — and the ones we’re most experienced treating without benching you.