Whether you run into the dreaded wall during a marathon or notice a lack of improvement in your training, sometimes a fresh perspective is all you need to unlock a powerful and productive change.

To find out if a professional gait analysis is worth the hype for everyday athletes, I put my own running stride to the test.

Many runners can guess when something obvious is off with their form. Maybe their shoulders start creeping toward their ears, their arms begin to swing across their body, or their posture collapses ...