Full Swing Healthcare treats running injuries, and we approach them differently than most clinics. Instead of chasing the painful spot, we evaluate the mechanics above and below it, because most running injuries are a loading problem, not a tissue problem. Fix the mechanics, and the tissue finally gets a chance to heal.
The Pattern We See Most
A runner comes in with IT band syndrome, patellar tendinopathy, or plantar fasciitis. They have already stretched, rested, and done all the hip-strengthening exercises. The hip work helps, the injury keeps coming back when mileage climbs. What they have never had is someone check the ankle dorsiflexion restriction that drives the knee into valgus with every footstrike, or the SI joint restriction shifting their weight asymmetrically stride after stride. Those are the real reasons the tissue keeps failing. Treating the tissue without correcting the mechanics is just buying time.
Jacksonville’s Running Community, and Its One Catch
We see runners from the Beaches (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra), Riverside, San Marco, and throughout the Southside. Jacksonville’s year-round running conditions are a genuine gift, and a quiet trap. No offseason means no natural recovery window and no built-in ceiling on training load. Injuries that would resolve over a cold-weather break in another city become chronic here because runners never fully stop. We account for that when we plan your care.
For Chronic Tendon Problems
Achilles tendinopathy, patellar tendinopathy, and plantar fasciitis that have been present for more than three months, and that have plateaued with rehab alone, respond well to shockwave therapy combined with mechanical correction. Shockwave restarts the tissue repair process at the cellular level. The chiropractic work addresses why the tissue was overloaded in the first place. We use both together regularly for chronic running injuries, and the combination is meaningfully more effective than either approach on its own.
Common Running Injuries We Treat
- IT band syndrome
- Patellar tendinopathy (runner’s knee)
- Plantar fasciitis
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome)
- Hip flexor and SI joint dysfunction
- Stress reactions from overtraining