The Running Room Manly

The Running Room Manly is no longer operating with an in person clinic. However, we are still serving the Northern Beaches via our elite level of online consultations and in-person clinic in Clovelly and Coogee.

Our elite level of online running physiotherapy has helped hundreds of runners get back to their best and you are able to access our expert running physio’s who have treated thousands of runners and running related injuries. It is this level of expertise that sets us a part. Experience The Running Room difference and get back to your best by booking an online consultation below.

We live locally on the Northern Beaches and have incredible relationships with local sports doctors, imaging services and GPs which means we are able to refer you when needed to the right person. You will still see The Running Room team down at Manly, Curl Curl, Freshwater or anywhere along The Northern Beaches having a run, swim or gym session with local running groups, park runs, gyms and community.

WHAT IS ONLINE RUNNING PHYSIO

Our online running physiotherapy service is accessible from anywhere in the world, making it easy and convenient for runners to get the expert and trusted guidance that The Running Room is known for. Our expert running physiotherapists use the latest technology to assess, diagnose, and treat injuries, ensuring that you get the most accurate diagnosis combined with the most effective treatment possible. The Running Room are your experts in treating runners and we have helped thousands of runners return from injury and perform at their best.

Our approach to physiotherapy is based on The Running Room's fundamental principles, which emphasise the multifactorial nature of running related injuries. We take a holistic approach and look at importance of training load, tissue capacity, biomechanics, strength and mobility, footwear, sleep, stress and other contributing factors. All of which are assessed and addressed to allow you to overcome injury and improve performance. This approach to treating injuries, addresses not just the immediate pain but also the underlying causes to prevent future injuries from occurring.

To date The Running Room’s fundamental principles and online running physiotherapy have been a huge success with online clients in the USA, Australia, India, Canada, UK, Singapore and Europe. Many of our clients have come to us seeking a second opinion to their running injuries and have returned to running pain free.

This is for any runner who is suffering from common or complex running injuries such as:

- Runners Knee (Patellofemoral pain)

- Shin splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)

- Plantar Heel pain (Plantar fasciitis)

- ITB Pain

- Achilles Tendon Pain (Achilles Tendinopathy)

- Hamstring Tendon Pain (Achilles Tendinopathy)

- Hip and Groin pain

- Bone Stress Injuries (Stress fractures)

- Lower back pain

What will you get with ONLINE RUNNING PHYSIO?

A 45 minute initial consultation with an expert running physiotherapist

A comprehensive assessment of your running injury, a deep dive into your training load, an in depth analysis of your running, training and past injury history, muscle strength and endurance testing, movement assessment, appropriate footwear advice and more.

This ensures that we are addressing the multifactorial nature of your running injury and ensuring that you get back to running at your best and in the shortest, safest and most sustainable way.

We will review your running training load utilising advanced technology giving us access to in depth training data based off your fitness wearable (garmin, apple).

We will deliver a comprehensive treatment plan giving you a clear diagnosis, contributing factors to your condition, as well as, how long your rehabilitation will take and most importantly what we will do together to get there.

You will get an individualised strength and capacity building program that is tailored to your injury and delivered via our app. This program will be adjusted as your injury progresses and we will ensure you are completing each exercise with optimal form and the correct load.

Depending on your injury we will provide modifications to your running training so that you get over injury and return pain free. This may be in the form of a return to run program, however, in many cases you will not need to completely stop running. Our goal is to keep you running safely with modifications rather than simply telling you to rest as this is often not the best approach.

If we believe your biomechanics are playing a role in your injury we will send you clear instructions of how and where to send your running videos so that we can analyse your running to determine areas of improvement or contributors to your injury (see video below). Or you can attend our clinics in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs or London.

BOOK ONLINE RUNNING PHYSIO

Who is this for?

Individuals who love to run and are suffering from a running related injury
Individuals who are looking for that extra edge and want to increase performance and running economy
Individuals who have or are looking to increase their running load.
People who are after an elite level of running physiotherapy
People who want to know exactly what they need to do to improve their running and/or get over over their running injury
Individuals who are seeking a second opinion for their running injury?
Individuals who are just getting into running and want a safe and sustainable transition into running.
Individuals who play sport that involves running or those who will run as part of their training routine
Young kids and teenagers who are developing and completing running or sports involving running
Anyone who has been told they can never run again.

How does it work?

There is often and multitude of reasons that you may sustain a running related injury. That is why it is important to see a running physio who treats runners every day and has good experience in rehabilitating running related injuries. All of our therapists run and all understand that we need to take an in depth look at the many factors that may be contributing to your injury. This includes ensuring that we hear your full story. This is important to ensure that we can accurately diagnose your injury, look for the contributing factors and formulate a treatment plan that is specific to your goals.

We are able to accurately assess your running injury, your strength, training load and tissue capacity, as well as your running mechanics and determine the factors that are contributing to your injury or blocks in performance. This allows us to get to the root cause of your running injury and develop an individualised program to ensure you are running pain free and at your best.

We will treat you online with a series of tools that will reduce your pain and rehabilitate your injury. You with access to our training app and The Running Room Fundamentals - a specific and targeted strength and conditioning program that will rehabilitate your injury and is proven to increase your running performance.

Further to this, we will provide you with an easy to follow and exact plan for your training load that we will carefully monitor and progress as you improve.

This will allows us to take you on the journey from PAIN to PERFORMANCE.

What if you are not injured?

Even better. We assess our injured and uninjured runners the same way. The difference being that in the uninjured runner we are looking for potential areas of improvement that lead to a boost in performance, an increase in running economy and ways to decrease injury risk.

We will never change a runners pattern or style completely especially if they are uninjured, however, some small changes can have a profound effect on performance.

We love treating uninjured runners as this allows us to take a preventative and performance based approach to ensure you run pain free and at your best.

How long does it take to change someones running?

In some cases changes can be made and felt immediately and implemented after your first session. Some things will take longer to integrate as we are changing a movement pattern as well as providing specific strengthening of areas that need improvement. These changes take a little longer to take effect and are implemented over a 6-12 week time frame. The good news is that our concept is all about managing the runner or athlete throughout their journey and we incorporate strength training into our sessions to ensure that you are performing our running fundamental exercises with the correct technique.
We have seen that this leads to better outcomes as this new movement pattern is being performed with our expert guidance and encouragement.

How will you know if you are improving?

Firstly, if you are injured we will reduce you pain and aim to keep you running. You will know you are improving when you feel like your injury is under control and you are on the right path to running pain free.

Often people see a clear improvement in their running times, hitting new PB’s and report a new found ease of running and reduction in pain.

Your team of online running physio’s servicing - Manly and beyond

Alex Bell

Alex the founder and director of The Running Room. Alex is a Running Physio and moved to the Northern Beaches of Sydney after growing up in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.  Alex has over a decade of experience in health care as a clinician and a business owner.

Alex has helped thousands of runners across the globe get over injury and get back to their best. Alex has treated many recreational and high level runners. Most notably, Nedd Brockmann and was the treating physiotherapist on the road as Nedd ran across the country from Perth to Melbourne. This was a career highlight for Alex and something he is incredibly proud to be a part of. More recently, Alex and The Running Room where the treating physiotherapist at the Sydney Marathon, treating the elite male and females as well as wheelchair athletes.

Alex’s passion for providing the highest level of care for his patients brought about the development of The Running Room which has grown to exist in both Sydney and London. Alex has been working on the concept of treating runners online with the intention of enabling people to access the elite level of running physiotherapy from anywhere in the world. This thirst of innovation has lead to the implementation of new technology that enables The Running Room to provide a service like no other online to help runners be at their best.

Alex has extensive clinical experience in a wide range of sporting codes and at the elite level he has provided physiotherapy for both the USA and Canada ice hockey teams as part of the Ice Hockey Classic in both 2016 and 2017.  He was a touring physiotherapist for Nitro Circus as part of the Regional Tour of Australia in 2017 providing physiotherapy in Victoria, Tasmania and regional New South Wales.

HARRY LORD

Harry is a passionate physiotherapist, eager to facilitate anyone dealing with an injury or pain reach their movement goals. Whether it is a lap around the block or an ultramarathon, if it is meaningful to you, then he would like to help. Harry believes high quality care requires effective education and rehabilitation that is specific to the individual’s goals.

Harry works with all kind of athletes, and his expertise is based around treating running related injuries. Whether you are striving towards your first 5km without any running experience or competing at the professional level Harry will get you back to your best.

Personally, Harry loves running and have competed in various events over the world, including many marathons and ultramarathons. Harry states that although he will never be competing for the podium, It is his love of the sport, the people, how it is suited for all capabilities, and the mental health benefits that inspires him.

Currently, Harry is living in Berlin offering his unique expertise and knowledge to treat patients online. Harry’s strength comes from being able to navigate the intricacies of running related injuries and creating programs that minimise the risk of injury and facilitate running longer, faster, and with less pain.

You can book online below below and see Harry, your expert running physio.