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Specialized 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.
Injuries Treated
Runners can experience a
wide range of over-use injuries of the back and lower
extremities including hip, knee, foot and ankle
injuries. These injuries can interfere with
participation in the sport, and should be diagnosed and treated as soon
as they occur for optimal recovery. Some common runners'
injuries treated at the Runner's Clinic are lumbar spine pain, plantar
fasciitis, runner's knee, stress fractures, shin splints, Achilles
tendon injury, hip pain and sciatica. Not only must the injury be
addressed, but also a variety of other factors such as biomechanical
abnormalities, strength deficits and training errors. The Runner's
Clinic prepares the runner for a safe return to running, and provides
the runner with the best customized rehabilitation program
available.
Services Offered 
- Primary extensive patient/injury
evaluation including detailed history of the injury
- Biomechanical analysis to identify
muscle and joint imbalances that may cause injury including analysis of
the runner on a treadmill
- Gait studies to optimize running form
and technique
- Orthotics for correction of conditions
such as excessive pronation or supination
- Deep water running/aquatic therapy
during the injury healing period to maintain and improve running
fitness
- Customized personalized rehabilitation
exercise program
- Training advice to assist in a safe
return to running
Community Partners
At the Runner's Clinic the injured runner can receive clinical
hands-on expertise and customized rehabilitation regardless of age or
level of running proficiency. This clinic provides the best
specialized, comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation programs for
direct patient care possible. The clinic also becomes an active partner
with runners in the community offering educational seminars on running,
staff participation in community running events, and specialized
research programs on runners and running. A few of the community
running events that the clinic covers are:
- The Charlottesville 10-Miler
- The Women's 4-Miler
- The Ragged Mountain Running
Camp
Appointments
To make an appointment at the
Runner's Clinic please call: 434-243-5600
The clinic fax is
434-243-5674.
Offices are located at the UVa Musculoskeletal Center in the Fontaine
Research Park
off of Fontaine Avenue on the third floor:
545 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Suite 310
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2981
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