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Biomechanical assessment

Some pain isn’t random — it’s your knees, hips or lower back reacting to how your feet move. You’ve tried different shoes, stretches, rest. The ache keeps showing up anyway.

Or it’s a bunion, flat feet or ball‑of‑foot pain that’s slowly changed how you walk. A biomechanical assessment is about connecting the dots between where it hurts and why.

What’s involved

The assessment is a careful, hands‑on look at how you stand and move — your posture, the way your joints line up, and how load travels through your legs and feet as you walk. For runners this often takes the form of a running assessment, looking at your gait, footwear and training load together. None of it relies on guesswork; it’s a structured process aimed at connecting the dots.

For bunions specifically, care typically starts with conservative management and practical footwear advice — aiming to relieve pain and keep you walking comfortably before anything further is considered.

It’s worth booking in if pain keeps returning despite rest, your shoes wear unevenly, you’ve been told you “walk a bit differently,” you’re noticing pain under the ball of your foot, or a niggle is starting to change how much you’re willing to do.

What to expect

An objective assessment of how you stand and walk — flat feet, bunions, ball‑of‑foot pain and gait‑related pain
Gait analysis and running assessment, connecting your feet to the rest of your body
Hands‑on treatment where appropriate — foot mobilisation, manipulation, IASTM, dry needling, supportive strapping, shockwave therapy or musculoskeletal release, alongside a structured strength program
A written summary you can actually understand

Which path you choose is entirely up to you. We’ll explain both short‑term options for relief and longer‑term strategies, and what each realistically involves — and where techniques like dry needling or shockwave are suggested, we’ll tell you beforehand what the sensation is generally like, rather than leave you guessing.

Funding: Private Health, SIRA, Medicare CDM/EPC and DVA are all accommodated. As a Bupa Members First and HCF More for Feet provider, eligible members may see a higher rebate, claimed same‑visit.

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Reviewed by Burwood Podiatry. This page is general information, not a diagnosis — book an assessment for advice about your own feet.