RUNNERSVoltex Physical Therapy · North Austin
IT band pain, runner’s knee, Achilles trouble or a stress fracture stopping your training? A Doctor of Physical Therapy at our North Austin clinic gets you back to running, and keeps you there.
Most clients feel a difference within the first few visits.
The short answer
Running injuries are very common, and most build up over time rather than from one bad step. The knee is the area hurt most often.
At our North Austin clinic, a Doctor of Physical Therapy looks at how you run, your strength and your training load, treats the pain with hands-on care, then builds the strength to handle more miles, from Lady Bird Lake loops to marathon training.
Understand your pain
The 6 most common running injuries we treat at our North Austin clinic, and the signs of each one.
Feels like: an ache around or behind the kneecap on runs, hills or stairs.
Often caused by: mileage that climbs faster than your strength, often with weak hips.
Feels like: sharp pain on the outside of the knee a few miles into a run.
Often caused by: high mileage, downhills and weak hips.
Feels like: stiffness and pain at the back of the ankle, worst at the start of a run.
Often caused by: speed work, hills or a sudden jump in mileage.
Feels like: shin pain that builds with each run, or pinpoint bone pain.
Often caused by: too much impact too soon without enough recovery. We refer for imaging when needed.
Feels like: sharp heel pain with your first steps in the morning.
Often caused by: a jump in mileage, tight calves or weak foot muscles.
Feels like: deep buttock or hamstring pain on faster runs or hills.
Often caused by: speed work, overstriding and weak glutes.
Sound familiar?
Knee pain? See hip & knee pain treatment in Austin. Ankle or heel pain? See ankle & foot pain treatment.
What the research says
Studies of distance runners report that between 19% and 79% develop a leg injury, with the knee affected most often.
In 874 new runners, those who increased weekly distance by more than 30% seemed more prone to overuse injuries like runner’s knee.
People with Achilles pain who kept running, guided by a pain-monitoring plan, did as well as those who stopped sports for 6 weeks.
Your plan at Voltex
Every visit is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy for the full session at our North Austin clinic.
A 75-minute evaluation of your strength, mobility and running gait.
Manual therapy, dry needling and smart training changes so you can keep running where possible.
Hip, calf and foot strength, plus cadence and form changes when they help.
A step-by-step plan back to full mileage, with checkpoints along the way.
