3D Gait Analysis – King of Prussia

3D Gait Analysis records your movements as you walk and run to determine your movement pattern. How you walk, run and jump are known as your gait. Your gait is the biomechanical movement of your body.

Foot and ankle aches and pains triggered by exercise can result from your unique gait. The way your specific body moves can contribute to the aches and pains you develop through daily exercise and movements.

It is important to analyze your specific gait to understand how walking, running and jumping impact your body. Gait analysis records your movements as you walk and run to determine your movement pattern.

Advanced Foot & Ankle Wellness Center utilizes Run3D gait analysis equipment. Run3D is a state-of-the-art diagnostic tool that uses sensors and 3D motion cameras to analyze how you walk, run, and jump.

With 3D Gait Analysis, we no longer have to guess how your gait impacts your body. We can exactly see what your body is doing. Run3D gait analysis provides us with much more in-depth information than simply watching you in movement. It helps us determine the root cause of your injury to develop a personalized treatment plan.

3D Gait analysis is also used outside of the medical field. It is used to create movies, such as “Planet of the Apes,” to create more realistic-looking movements with digital characters.

Before we start, we conduct an assessment of your health. After completing this initial assessment, 39 reflective markers are attached from your hip to your feet. The markers help build a lower limb skeleton of your body.

Once the markers are in place, you are given some time to get used to the treadmill and move with the markers. Once you feel comfortable, the data collection process begins.

During the data collection process, we ask you to do various activities, such as

• Walk and Run at Different Speeds
• Walk and Run with Different Shoes
• Walk and Run With and Without Insoles in Place

Run3D gait analysis generates real-life feedback, highlighting muscle weakness, balance issues, errors in your technique, and areas of increased motion. This information helps explain what led to your injury, allowing us to create a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan.

Advanced Foot & Ankle Wellness Center is one of the only clinicians in the United States that offers 3D gait analysis. 3D gait analysis is a state-of-the-art diagnostic tool that uses 3D motion cameras and sensors to scientifically analyze how you walk and run, eliminating guesswork on how you move.

Combining strength and flexibility training with 3D gait analysis helps us fully understand how your lower limbs function. It gives us more information to personalize your treatment.

Lucy Charles-Barclay is an English professional triathlete who is a World-Half Ironman Champion, three-time Ironman World Championship Silver Medalist, and one of the Ironman elite. She is truly a world-class athlete.

In March 2022, Lucy suffered a stress fracture in her hip. As part of her recovery and rehabilitation from this injury, she received a 3D gait analysis at the Red Bull High-Performance Center in Austria. 3D gait analysis is one of the tools that has been crucial to her recovery process, allowing her to rehabilitate and get back to what she loves doing most.

See what Lucy has to say about her experience with the Run3D assessment and how it has helped her learn more about her gait and aid in her recovery in the clip below:

3D gait analysis can help world-class professional athletes with their recovery process, and it can also help you!

To determine if 3D gait analysis is for you, we have criteria we use during your initial assessment to determine if this technology is right for you.

People who benefit the most from 3D gait analysis are individuals with a history of on-and-off-again injuries or who have multiple injuries on one side of the lower limb. We analyze each patient’s unique history to determine if gait analysis would be beneficial.