Movement Health & Gait Analysis in San Francisco

Understand how your body moves, why patterns develop, and what you can do to move better.

Gait Analysis

At Avid Sports Medicine, gait analysis is part of a bigger picture: understanding your full movement health. Using Kinotek movement technology, our team can assess how your body moves through walking, running, squatting, bending, balancing, and other functional patterns.

poster promoting advanced tech for performance enhancement featuring a 3d camera and movement health reports

Part of a Bigger Picture

It’s Not Just About Looking at Your Stride

It is about identifying mobility limitations, asymmetries, compensations, and movement habits that may be contributing to pain, inefficiency, or recurring injury.
Whether you are a runner, athlete, dancer, active professional, or someone trying to stay mobile and pain-free, our movement health assessment gives you clear, visual insight into how your body moves and where improvement can begin.

Schedule a Free Consultation

More Than Gait Analysis

Traditional gait analysis focuses on how you walk or run. That matters, especially for runners, athletes, and people dealing with foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back pain. But movement issues rarely happen in one isolated place.

A foot problem may be connected to hip control. Knee pain may be influenced by ankle mobility. Running form may be affected by strength, balance, posture, or compensation patterns that show up long before you hit the pavement. That is why Avid uses Kinotek to look beyond your gait and evaluate the way your body moves as a system.

movement health assessment benefits

Our movement health assessment may help identify:

$

Mobility limitations

$

Left-to-right asymmetries

$

Compensation patterns

$

Range of motion differences

$

Running or walking inefficiencies

$

Movement habits that may increase stress on joints

$

Areas that may benefit from strength, mobility, rehab, or performance work

Who Can Benefit From Movement Health & Gait Analysis?

This assessment is helpful for more than competitive runners. It can support anyone who wants to better understand their body, improve performance, reduce recurring pain, or move with more confidence.
silhouette of a blue runner in motion against a transparent background

Athletes and Active Adults

Movement screening can support injury prevention, performance training, return-to-sport planning, and long-term durability.

blue scalpel and medical cross icon on a transparent background

People Recovering from Injury or Surgery

Kinotek can help track progress over time and show how your movement is changing as you recover.

silhouette of a man running

Runners and Endurance Athletes

A running analysis can help identify stride inefficiencies, asymmetries, mobility limitations, and movement habits that may be contributing to discomfort or performance plateaus.

blue stick figure clutching knee

People with Foot, Ankle, Knee, Hip, or Back Pain

A foot analysis or gait assessment may reveal how your body is loading, shifting, or compensating during movement. This can be especially helpful when pain keeps returning despite rest or temporary treatment.

four figures lift a fifth figure above them

Anyone Focused on Longevity and Staying Active

Movement quality matters for long-term health. When you move better, you are often better positioned to build strength, improve fitness, and stay active with less unnecessary strain.

silhouette of a person in bright blue lifting two dumbbells

Dancers, Lifters, Golfers, Tennis Players, and Weekend Warriors

Your sport places specific demands on your body. A movement health assessment can help show where mobility, stability, or control may be limiting your performance.

Schedule A Consultation

What Your Movement May Be Telling Us

Your assessment may include functional movement screening, mobility checks, and movement pattern review, walking and running gait analysis depending on your goals and symptoms.

Avid’s team may evaluate:

How you walk or run

Your range of motion

Your side-to-side symmetry

Compensations during functional movement

Movement quality during specific positions or tasks

How your feet, ankles, knees, hips, spine, and shoulders move together

Patterns that may be connected to pain, performance limitations, or injury risk

a woman in athletic wear performs a squat on a tech mat
The goal is not to label your movement as “good” or “bad.” The goal is to understand what your body is doing, why it may be doing it, and what kind of plan can help you move forward.
a woman exercises on a mat in a gym with colorful ceiling patterns

FAQ Section

Answers to common questions about gait and movement analysis.

Is this only for runners?

No. While gait analysis and running analysis are helpful for runners, this assessment can also support athletes, active adults, dancers, golfers, tennis players, people recovering from injury, and anyone who wants to better understand how their body moves.

What is the difference between gait analysis and movement analysis?

Gait analysis looks at how you walk or run. Movement analysis takes a broader view and may include mobility, range of motion, symmetry, balance, posture, and functional movement patterns. At Avid, gait analysis is part of a more complete movement health assessment.

Can this help with foot pain?

It may help identify movement patterns that contribute to foot, ankle, knee, hip, or back stress. A foot analysis can be especially useful when pain keeps returning or when symptoms may be connected to how the body is loading during movement.

Do I need to be injured to book this?

No. Many people use movement analysis for injury prevention, performance improvement, return-to-sport planning, or general longevity.

Will I receive a plan after the assessment?

Yes. The goal is to turn your results into clear next steps. Depending on your needs, Avid may recommend physical therapy, athletic training, chiropractic care, sports medicine evaluation, mobility work, strengthening, or recovery support.

Why Choose Avid Sports Medicine?

Avid Sports Medicine brings movement assessment, sports medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic care, athletic training, and recovery services together under one roof in San Francisco.

That matters because your results should not live in a report alone.

When your Kinotek assessment shows a movement limitation, compensation, or asymmetry, our team can connect those findings to a practical care plan. Depending on your needs, that may include rehab, strength work, mobility training, manual therapy, sports medicine evaluation, or performance support.

You get data, context, and a team that can help you apply it.

Located in San Francisco, Avid serves active individuals across the Bay Area, including runners, athletes, performers, professionals, and people who simply want to move better for the long term.

What Is Kinotek Movement Analysis?

a-person holds a tablet displaying motion analysis

During the assessment, you will perform guided movements while the system records your motion. From there, your provider can review movement quality, range of motion, asymmetries, and compensations using 3D visuals and a personalized report.

This allows you to see what your provider sees.

For many patients, that visual feedback makes the next step clearer. You are not just being told that something is tight, weak, limited, or compensating. You can actually see how your body is moving and understand why your care plan is being recommended.

Kinotek is a contactless movement analysis system that uses camera-based motion capture to create visual, easy-to-understand movement data. Instead of relying only on what the eye can see, Kinotek helps capture objective information about how your joints and body move.
illustrated figures highlight pose and muscle areas
series of five athlete posters promoting Kinoteks performance enhancement

How It Works

1. We start with your goals

Your provider will ask about your symptoms, sport, activity level, injury history, and what you want to improve. This helps shape the assessment around your body and your goals.

2. We capture your movement

Using Kinotek, we record guided movements in a contactless, camera-based setup. You may be asked to walk, run, squat, bend, balance, or perform other functional movements.

3. We review your results

Your provider reviews your movement data, 3D visuals, range of motion, asymmetries, and compensation patterns. The goal is to connect the data to what you feel in real life.

4. We build a plan

Based on your results, Avid may recommend physical therapy, athletic training, chiropractic care, sports medicine evaluation, mobility work, strengthening, recovery strategies, or other services that fit your needs.

5. We track progress over time

Movement can change. Reassessment can help show whether your body is adapting, your plan is working, and where your next focus should be.
a woman in athletic wear stands on a mat in a gym arms outstretched in front of a camera on a tripod

Why Movement Health Matters

Pain and injury are not always caused by one single issue. Often, the body adapts around a limitation.

A Clearer Starting Point

You may shift weight away from one side.

You may reduce motion at one joint and ask another area to do more work.

You may keep training with a movement pattern that works for now but adds stress over time.

A movement health assessment helps uncover those patterns earlier. For runners, this can support better running analysis and more targeted training. For people with foot pain, it can provide a clearer look at how the foot, ankle, knee, and hip are working together. For athletes, it can highlight areas to improve before small issues become bigger setbacks. Most importantly, it gives you a clearer starting point.

smiling person in a gym holds a health report card with a score of 75

Gait Analysis, Running Analysis & Foot Analysis in San Francisco

If you are searching for gait analysis in San Francisco, running analysis in the Bay Area, or foot analysis to better understand pain or performance issues, Avid Sports Medicine can help you take a more complete look at your movement.

Our goal is to help you understand your body, identify what may be holding you back, and create a plan that supports better movement, stronger performance, and long-term injury prevention.

Book Your Movement Health Assessment

Book Your Gait Analysis in San Francisco Today!

Take the first step toward optimizing your movement and preventing injury. Book a gait analysis session at Avid Sports Medicine in San Francisco today and see how the power of Kinotek Movement Software can help you achieve your goals.

Free Information Call