The Movement Doc of Texas
Running Gait & Lifting Analysis in New Braunfels, TX
Video analysis of how you actually run or lift, with the two or three cues that change something — not a twenty-point list of everything that is imperfect.
- Video, slowed and marked up
- Cues you can feel
- Tied to strength work
Every runner and lifter has technical imperfections, including the fast and the pain-free ones. The useful question is never "what is wrong with my form" — it is which specific thing is connected to the pain you have or the performance you want, and whether changing it is worth the disruption.
Running
What we look at, and what we ignore.
Cadence, how far in front of you the foot lands, vertical movement, and how the pelvis and knee behave in the moment the foot is loaded. Those have the clearest links to load on the tissues that commonly hurt in runners.
What we generally do not chase: foot strike for its own sake, arm carriage, and the other details that get a lot of attention online and rarely explain anyone's pain. If your knee pain tracks with overstriding, that is worth changing. If it does not, changing it just makes running feel strange for a fortnight.
Runners we see most
- Recurring knee pain when mileage climbs
- Shin and calf pain returning each build
- Achilles and plantar symptoms
- Hip and glute pain on longer runs
- Returning to running after injury
Lifting
The bar tells you where the problem is.
For squats, deadlifts, cleans, and pressing we look at bar path, where in the range position changes, what happens as fatigue arrives, and whether the fault is technical or a mobility or strength limit wearing a technical disguise.
That distinction is most of the value. Coaching someone to reach a position their ankle or shoulder cannot get to produces frustration. Knowing which it is means you either drill it or train for it, rather than guessing.
Lifters we see most
- Low back pain on deadlifts and cleans
- Shoulder pain overhead and in the catch
- Knee pain in the squat and at depth
- Elbow and wrist pain in the front rack
- Hip pinching at the bottom of a squat
What to Expect
How a session runs
Warm up properly
Filming you cold shows us how you move cold. We record at a realistic effort, because that is where the pattern that hurts actually appears.
Record from several angles
Slowed down and marked up so you can see what we are describing rather than take our word for it.
Test the limitation
We check whether you can reach the position off the bar or off your feet. That answers whether this is technique or capacity.
Two or three cues
Plus the strength work that supports them, and a plan for reintroducing volume. You keep the footage.
In Context
Form analysis is half the answer.
When the limitation turns out to be capacity rather than technique, VALD testing quantifies it — force production and left-to-right asymmetry measured rather than estimated. That is especially useful for returning to running after an injury, where feeling ready and being ready diverge routinely.
If you train in a barbell or CrossFit setting, the CrossFit page covers how we modify programming while the technical work happens.
Getting started
Analysis is carried out within your evaluation or treatment sessions rather than sold as a separate product.
A 90-minute evaluation is $185. Bring your running shoes or lifting shoes, whichever is relevant. Full pricing on the pricing page.
FAQs
Common questions
Do I need to be injured to book this?
No. Plenty of people come in before a training block or a race build, or because the same niggle returns every time mileage climbs. Working it out before it becomes an injury is considerably easier.
Is heel striking bad?
Not inherently. A large share of distance runners heel strike, including fast ones. Where the foot lands relative to your body matters more than which part touches down first, and changing strike pattern moves load rather than removing it — sometimes onto tissue that likes it less.
What should I bring?
Clothing you can move in, the shoes you actually train in, and any video you already have of the movement. If a specific lift is the problem, your own footage of the session it went wrong in is genuinely useful.
Will you change my technique completely?
Almost never, and that is deliberate. Large technical overhauls take months and frequently create new problems. We look for the smallest change that addresses what brought you in.
Do I need a referral for physical therapy in Texas?
Not to get started. Texas Direct Access lets you begin physical therapy without a physician referral for the first month of care. After that month a referral is required to continue, and we coordinate with your provider to get one.
Same injury every training block?
That is a pattern, not bad luck. Book an evaluation and let us find what is driving it.