Running & Endurance
Runners with recurring or training-related symptoms.
Training for a race or just logging miles, and the same ache keeps coming back? We find out why and get you running comfortably again.
What’s in your package
- What we test firstBaseline hop/jump and single-leg strength.
- What we work onCalf and Achilles loading progression; graded running progression.
- Care that may be part of itManual therapy, IASTM, dry needling, cupping, strength training and Normatec compression*.
- How we prove progressRe-test before each step up in running volume, with a report that compares every result to your baseline.
- What you leave withYour test report, a home program on paper, and updates to your coach or physician with your permission.
Visits are set by your progress, not a fixed number. *At Lubbock and Colleyville.
See an example plan: Achilles pain
Example: Achilles pain (midportion Achilles tendinopathy)A runner whose Achilles aches at the start of runs and is stiff the next morning.
Phase 1 of 4
Settle it
Calm symptoms without stopping everything.
Calf and Achilles loading at a level your tendon tolerates, running adjusted rather than stopped where possible, and hands-on care as appropriate.
Daily activity and loading exercises stay within your pain tolerance.
Phase 2 of 4
Build the tendon
Make the calf and Achilles stronger.
Heavy, slow calf strengthening at least twice a week, plus hip and foot strength.
Single-leg heel-raise endurance close to your other side.
Phase 3 of 4
Add the spring
Get the tendon ready for running forces.
Hopping and bounding drills, then a graded running progression.
Hop tests that are close to even side to side and well tolerated.
Phase 4 of 4
Back to your miles
Return to full training.
Building volume and speed toward your goal race, with strength work kept in.
Retests about every 12 weeks to keep the gains.
What we measure: Calf strength and endurance side to side, hop tests, ankle range of motion, and a validated Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A).
The research behind this plan
This example follows Martin RL, et al. Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision 2018. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018;48(5):A1-A38.
An example only. Your evaluation sets your actual plan, and you move on when you pass each step, not by the calendar. Force plate and 1080 testing at Lubbock and Colleyville. Irving uses clinical strength and movement tests.









