Assess
A detailed history and a thorough examination of movement, strength and the affected area. You leave knowing what is wrong, why it happened and exactly what we are going to do about it.
Concern
Running Injury and Marathon Physiotherapy in London
Almost every running injury we see is a training-load problem wearing the disguise of a body-part problem. Get the loading right and most of them resolve, which is usually better news than runners expect.
Overview
Understanding running injuries
Running injuries cluster around a small number of sites: the knee, the Achilles and heel, the shin, and the hip. What they have in common is rarely a structural fault. It is a mismatch between how much running has been asked of the tissue and how much it could tolerate at the time.
That is why the first questions we ask are about your training rather than your anatomy. A jump in weekly mileage, a new block of hill or speed work, a change of surface or shoes, or a return after time off are between them responsible for most of what walks through the door in marathon season.
Treatment settles the symptomatic tissue, then rebuilds capacity through progressive strength work while keeping you running at a level the injury tolerates. Where a specific site is involved, the detail is on the knee and foot and ankle pages. Amanda is a runner herself, having completed 10km and half marathon events.
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I saw Amanda for a problem I've been having with a painful shoulder. She explained to me what the problem was, did a thorough treatment session and gave me some exercises to do to improve it. Very professional and friendly, I highly recommend her.
I first visited Amanda following a maisonneuve fracture. That day I walked 107 steps in a camboot with two crutches. I have visited weekly. Yesterday I walked 13,315 steps (no crutches, no boot). The transformation is truly amazing.
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Physiotherapy for runners can help you to:
Find the training error, not just the sore bit
Most running injuries are load problems wearing the disguise of a body-part problem. Identifying the jump in mileage or the new hill block that caused it is what stops the same injury returning next season.
Keep running through it where possible
Complete rest costs fitness and lowers the capacity you need to rebuild. We usually adjust volume, surface and intensity instead, so you keep running at a level the injury tolerates.
Build the strength your mileage needs
Calf, quadriceps and gluteal strength determines how much running your body tolerates. It is the single most reliable protection across a marathon build, and it is the thing most runners skip.
Get to your race
With enough notice there is almost always a workable plan: treat the tissue, cut the aggravating load, hold fitness through cross-training, and make an honest call nearer the day.
Talk to someone who runs
Amanda runs 10km and half marathon events herself. Advice about tapering, easy days and what a hard block actually feels like lands differently when it comes from someone who has done it.
Why it happens
What causes running injuries?
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A rapid increase in weekly mileage, outpacing what the tissue can adapt to
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A new block of hill or speed work introduced alongside existing volume
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Returning to previous mileage too quickly after time off or illness
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Insufficient strength through the calf, quadriceps and gluteal muscles for the mileage being run
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A change of running surface or footwear
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Inadequate recovery: poor sleep, high life stress, or too few easy days in the week
What happens at your first appointment?
Your first visit is a full 60-minute assessment: a detailed history, then testing of how you move, how strong you are and what the painful area is actually doing. We explain the working diagnosis in plain English and agree a plan with you before any treatment starts.
You leave with a written summary and a home programme, emailed the same day and loaded into the Move Health app so the technique stays right between visits.
The starting point for better health. Our clinics work together to take you from injury, through recovery and performance, to the kind of health that holds up for decades. One team, one plan, one record of where you started.
- Two London clinics: inside UNTIL at 280 Bishopsgate by Liverpool Street, and in Canary Wharf.
- Led by Amanda Yardley, an HCPC-registered, CSP-chartered physiotherapist with 15 years in the profession.
- Objective VALD strength and asymmetry testing, so progress is measured rather than guessed at.
Fees and booking
You can refer yourself, with no GP letter needed, and book online in a couple of minutes at whichever clinic is easier to reach.
- Initial consultation: £120 for 60 minutes, including assessment and treatment plan
- Follow-up: £95 for 60 minutes, or £75 for 30 minutes
- Sports massage: £85 for 60 minutes, or £55 for 30 minutes
- Self-referral: book directly, no GP referral required
- Open Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm, at both London clinics
- A written plan and a home programme emailed the same day, every time
From injury to longevity
the Origin Health journey
Most people arrive with something that hurts. What happens after that is the part most clinics leave to chance. We treat the problem, rebuild the capacity you lost, then keep you strong enough that it stays fixed.
Treat
Hands-on manual therapy chosen for your presentation, with Western medical acupuncture or soft-tissue work added where they help. Treatment is not the goal in itself: it opens the window to move and load properly.
Rebuild
Progressive, coached exercise rehabilitation restores the strength and load tolerance you lost, with full gym facilities at both clinics. This is the stage that decides whether the fix lasts.
Stay well
Each follow-up measures you against your own baseline. We discharge you when you have the strength and the tools to manage alone, with clinical Pilates, sports massage and golf screening on hand to keep you there.
What we treat
- Musculoskeletal physiotherapy for back, neck, shoulder and joint pain
- Progressive exercise rehabilitation, with full gym facilities at both clinics
- Sports and deep tissue massage for recovery and ongoing maintenance
- Western medical acupuncture within the AACP framework
- Post-operative and sports-injury rehabilitation
- Post-natal and paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy
- VALD strength and asymmetry testing for objective, tracked progress
- TPI golf physiotherapy movement screening with Amanda
Treatment approach
How do we treat running injuries?
Physiotherapy
£120Assessment identifies the injured tissue and, more importantly, the training-load pattern that produced it, which is what stops the same injury recurring in a later block.
See treatment detail →Exercise Rehabilitation
From £75Building strength through the calf, quadriceps and gluteal muscles raises the load your body tolerates, which is the most reliable protection across a marathon build.
See treatment detail →Sports Massage
From £55Regular soft-tissue work through a heavy training block eases the accumulated tightness and soreness that build up between hard sessions.
See treatment detail →FAQ
Frequently asked
questions
Do I have to stop running while I am injured?
Usually not. Complete rest lowers the capacity you need to rebuild and costs you fitness. We more often reduce volume, adjust surface and remove speed or hill work, then rebuild progressively. Some injuries do need a short break, and we will say so plainly.
How quickly can I increase my mileage?
Increase gradually and change one variable at a time. Adding volume, intensity and hills together in the same week is what most often triggers injury. After time off, expect to rebuild over several weeks rather than picking up where you left off.
I have a marathon in six weeks and I am injured. What now?
Come in early rather than hoping it settles. With six weeks there is usually a workable plan: reduce aggravating load, treat the tissue, maintain fitness through cross-training, and make a realistic call closer to the day. Leaving it to the final fortnight removes those options.
Will changing my running shoes fix my injury?
Rarely on its own. Footwear can influence comfort and load distribution, but it does not build the tissue capacity that resolves the problem. A sudden change of shoe is more often a cause of injury than a cure for one.
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