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Sports injury care · Inverness
Running, football and activity-related injuries assessed with a clear route from diagnosis through treatment, rehabilitation and return to activity.
When injury is getting in the way
Sports injuries are not always straightforward. Some start suddenly. Others build gradually, settle for a while and return as soon as training increases again.
Pain or loss of function following training, competition or a change in activity.
Symptoms improve with rest but return when running, training or activity increases.
You have made progress but still cannot return confidently to your previous activity or performance level.
You do not need to decide whether your problem needs sports podiatry, physiotherapy, ultrasound or gait analysis before you contact us.
Sports injuries we assess
The Steps approach
A sports injury can involve more than one factor. Pain may relate to the injured tissue itself, strength and capacity, joint function, training load, movement or a combination of these.
Assessment comes first. Further investigation or specialist testing is used when it is likely to change how the problem is managed.
Assessment first. Investigation when useful. Treatment based on the findings.
Your assessment pathway
What happened, how symptoms behave, previous injuries, current training and what you want to get back to.
Relevant joint movement, strength, tendon or ligament tests, functional tasks and sport-specific assessment.
Ultrasound or 3D gait assessment where further information is likely to add useful clinical value.
A plan based on the findings, using the most appropriate combination of treatment and progressive rehabilitation.
Progress towards activity, training and return-to-sport goals as capacity improves.
When we need more information
Most sports injuries start with a clinical assessment. Further testing is used selectively when it can help clarify the problem or guide treatment.
Diagnostic Foot & Ankle Ultrasound
Real-time imaging of selected tendons, ligaments, joints, plantar fascia and superficial soft tissues of the foot and ankle when imaging is likely to add useful information.
Explore Diagnostic Foot & Ankle Ultrasound →.jpg)
Functional 3D Gait Assessment
Objective walking or running analysis combined with relevant lower-limb strength, joint movement and functional testing for selected persistent or complex problems.
Explore Functional 3D Gait Assessment →Treatment & rehabilitation
The aim is to select the right combination of treatment and rehabilitation — not simply provide more treatment.
Progressive strength, mobility and capacity work, developed towards the movements and demands required for your sport or activity.
For foot, ankle and lower-limb problems where specialist assessment of loading, footwear, foot function or biomechanics may guide treatment.
Used where assessment identifies a clinically relevant reason to change how load is being managed.
Considered for selected persistent tendon and plantar heel conditions as part of a wider rehabilitation plan.
Running injuries
Running-related pain does not always come down to one movement pattern or one part of the body.
Return to sport & activity
Reducing pain matters, but for an active patient it is rarely the only goal.
Improve symptoms and restore the areas of function identified during assessment.
Progress strength, movement and tolerance for normal activity and training.
Progress towards the speed, load, duration and movement demands of your chosen sport or activity.
Your clinical team
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Sports podiatry & ultrasound
Specialist Sports Podiatrist & Foot and Ankle MSK Sonographer
Tim’s work focuses on sports-related and persistent foot, ankle and lower-limb problems, combining clinical assessment with gait analysis and diagnostic ultrasound where appropriate.
Meet Tim →Physiotherapy will add progressive rehabilitation, strength and capacity development and structured return-to-activity planning to the sports injury pathway.
The aim is for podiatry and physiotherapy to work together where a patient would benefit from both areas of expertise.
Patient feedback
“Tim was knowledgeable, gave me time to explain what was wrong and explained everything he was doing. I now have a plan for recovery and feel confident going forward.”
“Quick to identify the problem and quick to sort out a solution… Results have been close to 10/10. Very knowledgeable and good at explaining everything in an everyday manner.”
“Tim confirmed the diagnosis and recommended appropriate treatment. After four sessions of shockwave treatment, I am already seeing a massive difference.”
Start with the right assessment
Most sports injuries
For new, persistent or recurring sports injuries where you need help deciding the most appropriate assessment and treatment route. Until physiotherapy launches, general sports-injury enquiries are triaged by the clinic.
Contact us about a Sports Injury →Foot or ankle
For pain or injury clearly focused around the foot or ankle, with diagnostic ultrasound available where appropriate.
Explore Foot & Ankle Assessment →Persistent movement-related problem
For more complex running or walking problems where detailed movement, strength and joint-function assessment is required.
Explore 3D Gait Assessment →Frequently asked questions
No. The service is relevant to anyone whose injury is affecting running, sport, exercise, walking or other physical activity.
No. You can contact or book directly. If another investigation or specialist opinion is more appropriate, this will be discussed with you.
Not necessarily. Diagnostic ultrasound is used for selected foot and ankle injuries when imaging is likely to add useful information to the clinical assessment or treatment plan.
No. Most running injuries can begin with a clinical assessment. 3D gait analysis is used when more objective movement information is likely to be useful.
The priority is to understand the problem and agree a clear plan. Advice or initial rehabilitation may begin at the first appointment where appropriate.
Yes. From the physiotherapy launch in October 2026, selected problems can move between or combine both disciplines where that is clinically appropriate.
Clinical Insights
Evidence-informed guidance from the Steps team will connect common sports injuries with assessment, rehabilitation and return to activity.
How tissue capacity, loading and rehabilitation can influence persistent Achilles symptoms.
Clinical Insight plannedWhen movement analysis may add useful information — and when a clinical assessment is enough.
Clinical Insight plannedWhere diagnostic ultrasound can complement clinical assessment for selected injuries.
Clinical Insight plannedGet back to the activity that matters
If your injury is recent, persistent or keeps returning when activity increases, contact the clinic and we will help identify the most appropriate starting point.
Our clinic
Steps Podiatry & Gait provides a modern clinical setting for assessment, treatment, gait analysis and rehabilitation.
