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Running Injury Treatment in Mont Albert North, Melbourne
You didn't start running to spend time on the sidelines. Let's keep you moving.
Running injuries are rarely random. They follow a pattern: training load builds, something starts to hurt, you back off, it settles, you go again. A few weeks later, you're back to square one. Sometimes in the same spot. Sometimes somewhere new.
At Health & High Performance in Mont Albert North, Melbourne, we work exclusively with active people and athletes. Running injuries are the core of what we do. We don't just get you out of pain. We build the capacity to keep you running consistently, without the cycle.
Why Running Injuries Keep Happening
Most running injuries aren't caused by a single bad run. They're the result of a mismatch between the load you're placing on your body and the capacity your tissues have to handle it.
That mismatch builds over time. A ramp-up in training that was slightly too fast. A return to running after time off that skipped the base-building phase. Tissues that have lost capacity after a previous injury and were never properly rebuilt.
The pain is a signal. But rest alone doesn't fix the mismatch. It just quiets the signal temporarily. Until the load builds again.
The goal of rehabilitation isn't to get you pain-free. It's to build enough capacity in the right tissues that your training load no longer exceeds what your body can handle. That's how you break the cycle for good.
Our Approach to Running Injury Rehabilitation
Objective Assessment: Starting With Data, Not Guesswork
We use the AxIT System to objectively measure force output, limb-to-limb symmetry, and load tolerance across the specific structures involved in your injury. Combined with a full biomechanical and kinetic chain assessment, including treadmill video analysis, this gives us a precise picture of what's contributing to your injury and where your capacity currently sits. No generic diagnoses. A clear, data-informed starting point.
Progressive Load Management
Every rehabilitation program is built around one principle: progressive loading. We start where your tissues are, build capacity systematically, and advance through each stage using objective criteria rather than how you feel on a given day. That means a structured, periodised program with clear progressions, not a generic stretching routine or a list of exercises to do at home.
Return to Running: Built In From Day One
We set the running targets your training demands and work backward from there. Return to running is not the final phase of your rehabilitation. It's the destination we're building toward from your first appointment, with specific volume, intensity, and load milestones mapped out along the way. No vague timelines. A clear plan that tells you exactly what's happening and why.
Integrated Team Approach
Where appropriate, we work closely with your GP, sports physician, or other treating practitioners to ensure your management is coordinated. For complex or longer-standing presentations, that collaboration makes a real difference to outcomes.
Common Running Injuries We Treat
Who We Help
We work with runners at every level who are ready to do more than manage their injury:
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Recreational runners whose training keeps getting interrupted by the same niggles
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Competitive runners and triathletes who need to manage load intelligently across a full training season
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Masters runners dealing with injuries that seem to take longer to settle and longer to rebuild from
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Runners returning from a significant injury who want to come back properly, not just hopefully
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Anyone who has tried the standard rest-and-return approach and keeps ending up back at the start
Why Choose Luke Nelson for Running Injury Treatment in Melbourne?
Luke Nelson is a Sports Chiropractor with 20 years of clinical experience, a Masters in Sports Science, and a post-graduate diploma in Sports Chiropractic. As a certified Strength and Conditioning Coach and certified Running Coach, Luke combines clinical expertise with a deep understanding of how runners train, load, and recover.
Luke has worked with Olympic runners, Ironman triathletes, and athletes across a wide range of disciplines. He speaks nationally and internationally on running injuries and is recognised as one of Australia's leading practitioners in this area.
That depth of experience directly informs the way he approaches every runner through the door, from a first 5km to an elite marathon qualifier.
Our clinic in Mont Albert North includes a full on-site rehabilitation facility, including assessment tools, rehab equipment, a treadmill with video motion analysis, and a high-performance gym, so your assessment, programming, and rehabilitation all happen in one place.
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Book Your Running Assessment in Melbourne
If your running keeps getting derailed by injury, or you want to build the capacity to train and race without constantly managing something, we can help.
Our clinic is located in Mont Albert North, easily accessible from Balwyn, Box Hill, Kew, Doncaster, Surrey Hills, Hawthorn, and surrounding Melbourne eastern suburbs.
Online consultations are also available for runners across Victoria and Australia.
Ready to run consistently and stay injury-free?