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Run stronger.
Keep doing the miles you enjoy.
Performance training and physical therapy for runners.
- Physical therapy and personal training
- Video analysis available
- Everyday runners welcome
Running Performance & Rehab in Shirley, MA
You do not need a race on the calendar to want more from running.
Maybe you want your usual loop to feel less demanding. Maybe the same ache keeps interrupting a good week. At WHS, running support connects our existing physical therapy and personal training services around what you want to do.
Running alone does not build every kind of strength your body needs. Supplemental work for your calves, hips, legs and trunk can help you handle its repeated demands and keep enjoying it for years. Your plan should fit your running, recovery, current ability and symptoms. No routine can prevent every injury.
Your starting point
Build strength, or get help returning after injury.
We help you choose the service that makes sense for you. This is not a race training plan or a separate running coaching program.
I want to improve
Build a stronger foundation for consistent running, hills and the miles you enjoy.
What's included
- Review your running and strength routine.
- Fit strength work around your goals and recovery.
I want to return
When pain keeps changing your plans, a physical therapist evaluates your symptoms, strength and movement.
What's included
- Understand what activity may need to change.
- Build a gradual return around your response, not a promised deadline.
See how you move
Video analysis adds another view of your running.
Look at your running together with your clinician, alongside your symptoms, strength and training history.
There is no single running form everyone needs to copy. Video is one source of information, not a diagnosis by itself or a promise that a stride change will fix pain.
- Ask during your free consultWe explain the available video-analysis appointment options and costs before you choose your next step.
How care progresses
Start with what you need. Build from there.
Your plan changes as your capacity and goals change.
01
Relieve
Understand what is irritated and what needs to change now.
02
Rebuild
Develop strength and movement capacity around your needs.
03
Perform
Progress toward the running you want to do.
04
Thrive
Keep building habits and strength beyond the immediate setback.
Thrive is not a finish line. When you are ready for your next goal, the same team that got you here is ready too.
Meet your running support
Jianna Bustamante, DPT
Jianna is a physical therapist and WHS Clinical and Marketing Lead. She earned her exercise science degree in 2020 and DPT in 2023 at UMass Lowell. An avid runner, she has completed the New York City and Honolulu marathons and hopes to complete all the World Major Marathons. She also helped lead our Runner Tune-Up workshop.
From our team, for runners
Strength ideas and a local footwear connection.
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These videos are educational, not an exercise prescription. Hopping is not a starting point for everyone, especially after injury. Ask your clinician what fits your capacity. Stop if an exercise causes sharp or increasing pain.
WHS + Evans on the Common in Townsend
Our existing Evans partnership provides runner shoe fitting and shoe discounts. Ask our team for current terms and how to use it before you shop. Shoes do not replace an evaluation for persistent or worsening pain.
In their own words
Back pain stopped Hannah in the middle of a run.
Hannah shares what brought her to WHS for physical therapy.
Read what Hannah said
Hannah, "What made you walk in the door?" I had been dealing with back issues. When you're dealing with something that causes you pain, you kind of hit a wall, or you stop because you don't know how to do something that's not hurting, and it's discouraging. I kind of had a wake-up moment where I was doing a run, and I could not complete it because my back, I was having such pain. My mom had mentioned Peter again, and I was like, "You know what? I just need to finally make an appointment." I do not regret it for a second.
Real clients, real results
What our physical therapy clients say.
★★★★★ 204 Google reviews, 5.0 rating
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I first visited Whole Health Solutions to help after experiencing some pain in my hips/back that seemed to flare up after running. After my initial evaluation in March I've been working with Courtney and am very pleased with the results. I've noticed a significant reduction in pain as well as a noticeable improvement in my core strength.
John L.Running-related pain · PT with Courtney
★★★★★
Whole Health Solutions did a phenomenal job of helping me recover from an ankle sprain. I did multiple sessions with Jianna and Gary.
Seamus D.Ankle rehabilitation · Jianna and Gary
★★★★★
I cannot say enough wonderful things about Whole Health Solutions! From the moment I walked through their doors, I knew this was going to be a different kind of physical therapy experience, and I couldn’t be happier with my decision to come here.
SharonPhysical Therapy
Questions
Before you book
A few practical questions about getting started.
Do I need to be injured or training for a race?
No. Everyday runners can ask about strength and consistency, and runners with pain can ask about physical therapy. You do not need a finish time to work toward.
What happens at the free consult?
Tell us what running means to you, what has changed and what you have tried. If we can help, we explain which service makes sense and what it costs. The consult is not a running assessment or a substitute for a clinical evaluation.
Do I need a referral for physical therapy?
No. You can book directly with us. If your symptoms need another medical professional first, we will tell you.
Can I use my insurance?
Most of our clients do use their insurance for reimbursement of our physical therapy services. We go over everything in the discovery meeting. Personal training is a different service; do not assume the same reimbursement applies.
What towns do your running clients come from?
Our clinic is at 2 Shaker Road, Suite C200, Shirley, MA 01464. Clients come from Shirley, Ayer, Devens, Harvard, Lunenburg, Lancaster, Groton, Leominster, Bolton, Boxborough, Littleton, Townsend, Fitchburg, Pepperell, Clinton, Sterling, Stow, Westford, Berlin, Acton, Dunstable and Hudson, and plenty of clients drive in from farther away. Wherever you live, you are welcome here.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you want your running to feel like.
- Pick a time. It takes about a minute.
- Meet with us your way. Come in to the clinic (what most clients choose), or meet by video or phone.
- Get an honest answer. If we can help, we tell you how, who you will work with, and what it costs. If someone else can help you better, we tell you that too.
- Address2 Shaker Road, Suite C200, Shirley, MA 01464
- Phone(978) 615 9121
- HoursMonday to Thursday, 5:00 am to 8:00 pm
Friday, 5:00 am to 3:00 pm
Saturday, 6:00 am to 1:00 pm - ServingShirley, Ayer, Devens, Harvard, Lunenburg, Groton and 16 more nearby towns
- ReferralNot needed. Book directly with us.
- Physical therapy insuranceMost of our clients do use their insurance for reimbursement of our physical therapy services. We go over everything in the discovery meeting.
Book your free consult
Meet in person at our clinic (what most clients choose), by video, or by phone. You pick when you book. Rather talk now? Call (978) 615 9121.
No referral needed.