The Running Room Manly

I had some really bad shin splints, but working together with Merridy on improving my running technique and receiving treatment, my shin splints disappeared. She was very detailed and professional. So happy and thankful for the results.

Highly recommended. Had my first trail run with no pain in a long time this morning! Maddie has helped me come back to full strength. Great feeling. I’ll be coming straight back for any further niggles

Merridy has helped me beyond belief, could not be more grateful. I am an ultra runner and need all the help I can get! I’ve been coming back from a surf accident and she’s helped me to turn the corner and run pain free. At one point I was told I’d never walk again, let alone run. She’s ridiculously intelligent and on top of the latest research which also puts me at ease that it’s not wasted time or money. She also does shockwave, needling, exercises, basically the whole deal. I was recommended to her by Lucy bartholemeau who said she was a top podiatrist and I haven’t looked back! Thanks merridy!

Maddie is extremely good at what she does. Very professional and knowledgeable. Highly recommend.

Maddie Parker from the Running Room in Manly was an absolute angel in identifying and (quite literally) walking me through the process of healing from a stress fracture in my hip. She was kind, empathetic, knowledgeable and professional. I would highly recommend her services to anyone in need of a good podiatrist!

Merridy has been a life saver. I went in with severe shin splints and after a running diagnosis, strengthening exercises and dry needling I’ve been able to run pain free within the first week. Can’t recommend high enough.

Merridy at The Running Room has been a fantastic help in treating my knee injury both in the short and long term. She has helped me to change my running style to prevent similar future injuries and was always led by my own goals and feedback. I'd definitely recommend the practitioners here.

I would highly recommend anyone with difficulties getting back to running to see Merridy for a full assessment and treatment plan. I had tried so many other therapy options (physios, exercises, rest) and had almost given up hope of being able to run again. I'm now long distance running! Merridy was knowledgeable, approachable and answered all my questions about my injury. She was able to give me a realistic prognosis and a rehab plan that worked for my schedule. Life saver!

I have been seeing Merridy at the Running Room since Feb due to having plantar fasciitis in both of my feet. Merridy has always been extremely warm and friendly, as well as being extremely knowledgeable! I received a running assessment as well as strengthening exercises and shock wave therapy on my feet and calves. Merridy’s treatment plan has helped me tremendously! I no longer have plantar fasciitis and am pain free, I am also training for my first half marathon, and wouldn’t have been able to do this if it wasn’t for the running room!

Highly recommend for anyone who is looking for treatment or support with their running!

Have had an amazing experience on my treatment journey with Maddie. So knowledgable and a top tier person too! Would definitely recommend to anyone needing running/foot treatment.

After dealing with months and months of insertion Achilles tendinitis and seeing multiple specialists which didnt help, i found Merridy and The Running Room. Within a few months i was running pain free from a mix of implementing the heavy calf strength exercises and having shockwave treatment. Cannot thank Merridy and the team enough! Highly recommend!

Merridy is AMAZING! She fixed a long term lingering injury that had been driving me insane! If you are looking for a super friendly and knowledgable podiatrist to look after you, you've come to the right place!

Before coming to The Running Room, for almost two years I'd had a recurring running injury flaring up as soon as I ran over 20km/week. In just a month, Meridy fixed my running technique, allowing me to quickly get back into running while I was still recovering through targeted strengh exercices and therapy. I'm so glad I'm finally able to run longer and train for my next race with no pain at all!

I was a very casual runner before coming to the Running Room. Could just about manage 3km, after seeing the podiatrist Merridy she did a full assessment of my running technique and set me on a gradual program. Over the weeks, I could see my running stats dramatically improving, I could run further, felt much stronger and fitter and last week managed a 17km, just for fun! I never thought I would say that. Merridy's professionalism and deep physio knowledge massively helped me and I would highly recommend visiting the Running Room in Manly to get exceptional personalised help with your fitness goals.

Having been a runner for a while and in training for my next event, I thought it would be useful to get an assessment done at the Running Room.

The facilities are amazing, clean and comfortable - the amount of data produced by the treadmill will be of interest to seasoned runners or those just starting out.

Merridy Lithgow was in particular fantastic. She took the time to understand my personal needs and built a unique programme relevant to me. I would highly recommend that anyone at any stage of their running careers have the assessment, to understand your running style and how to avoid injury.

To cap it all off, Merridy worked wonders dry needling a niggle I've been carrying for years - nothing else has quite released the tension in the same way! If you're tight at all from running, I would give this a go.

After seeing several physios over a number of years, Maddie diagnosed and treated a long term injury that every other physio had misdiagnosed. Highly recommended.

I had a hamstring injury that has stuck around for over 2 years. I went to see Merridy at the running room and she has managed to help me get my hamstring back to 100% in 6 weeks! I ran 10km for the first time in years without any pain! I would highly recommend Merridy to everyone - she will get your injury fixed in no time!

Merridy changed my life! I've had a repetitive strain running injury for ten years that stopped me running more than 15km per week. I've seen so many physios that recommended glute strength, which never really helped. Merridy helped me change my running technique, which, combined with her glute and calf strength exercises, as well as her needling and shockwave treatment had me running 80km+ per week in just a month. I'm so grateful!

Merridy at the Running Room was fantastic! She helped me understand the biomechanics of what was going on, and bit by bit we changed my running pattern. Now I'm having no troubles and finally enjoy running again.

After seeing Merridy and getting my first custom orthotics my foot pain has gone!

The running analysis I went through was really high tech and insightful. We’ve managed to correct some form issues and have improved my running too.

Would highly recommend The Running Room.

Merridy, Alex and the rest of the team are awesome!