"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

Gail Devers, a three-time Olympic champion in track-and-field

Sports Chiropractic

Structure dictates function and performance. This could be your tool to achieving ultimate results and rehabilitation.

Running Gait Analysis

Achieving your desired results begins with correct technique. Gain the specifics and skills necessary to run well. Individual assessment.

running workshops

Gain running technique insight in a group environment. Groups capped at 10.

tpi golf screen

Identify any physical limitations to your golf swing.

LUKE NELSON

Luke Nelson

Chiropractor | Director – Health & High Performance | Fellow Sports & Exercise Chiropractor (AICE, 2019) | Running Coach

Luke Nelson is a passionate chiropractor, running coach, and the driving force behind Health & High Performance in Mont Albert North. After graduating from RMIT in 2003, Luke launched his first clinic, Chiropractic Solutions in Bentleigh East. Following 15 successful years, he embraced a new challenge and founded Health & High Performance with a vision to provide high-quality, athlete-focused care that keeps people doing what they love.

Luke has a particular passion for treating sports injuries, including soft tissue injuries, ankle sprains, ACL injuries, and shoulder pain. However, his deepest interest lies in running-related injuries such as knee pain, iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome, Achilles tendinopathy, and plantar heel pain. His unique and thorough approach combines advanced assessment techniques and a broad toolkit of treatment strategies to identify the root cause of injury and guide patients safely back to doing what they love.

A passionate educator, Luke has presented extensively both in Australia and internationally on a range of sports injury topics, most often sharing his deep expertise on running injuries—his favourite subject!

In recognition of his contributions to the profession, Luke was awarded the Australian Chiropractic Association’s Sports Chiropractor of the Year in 2016, followed by the prestigious title of Australian Chiropractor of the Year in 2022.

Over the years, Luke has worked with a wide variety of elite athletes and sporting organisations across disciplines including athletics, AFL, triathlon, golf, cricket, MMA, and CrossFit.

As an avid runner himself, Luke understands the mindset and challenges of active individuals. He has competed in numerous sports but is most passionate about running, having completed 10 marathons, an ultra-marathon, and two Ironman triathlons.

Luke loves to learn, and his extensive post-graduate qualifications include:

International Sports Chiropractic Practitioner
Postgraduate Diploma Sports Chiropractic
Masters of Sports Science
Australian Strength and Conditioning Association Level 1

Luke has also served on a number of boards, including:

Past President of Sports Chiro Australia
Sports Medicine Australia Victorian Committee

"To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

- Buddha

DR LUKE

Services

CHIROPRACTIC

RUNNING GAIT ANALYSIS

Luke has a special interest in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of running-related injuries.

Have you noticed that we are taught how to do many sporting skills such as tennis, golf and swimming, but rarely, IF EVER taught how to run properly?! Just like any sport there is a right and wrong way to do things. Through poor running technique, many people put their bodies under a lot more load than it should be when they run. This leads to sore backs, shins, knees or even shoulders and necks. Poor technique means that you work harder, go slower and feel worse when you run than you should.

Some of the common technique faults we see in runners are:

Overstriding
Poor posture
Incorrect arm swing

The good news is that these can be corrected! A running technique analysis by Luke can help you determine where your imbalances are and how you need to correct them!

A 60-minute treadmill running analysis with Luke consists of:

Video recording and analysis of your running technique
Identification of areas that need improvement and ways to correct
Post-intervention video recording
Drills & exercises to help you implement any changes needed

Suitable for all ages and abilities, this analysis allows greater detail and feedback in a fun one-on-one environment

Chiropractors with a special interest in sports, keep active Australians at their best by treating neuro-muscular dysfunction. Using a combination of specific Chiropractic adjustments, exercise and rehabilitation measures and soft tissue therapies, the Sports Chiropractor’s aim is to restore and enhance the body’s neuro-musculoskeletal system for peak performance on a preventative and rehabilitative basis.

Luke is proficient in the diagnosis and treatment of sports related injury. In addition, he has a thorough understanding of injury prevention, rehabilitation measures, and a sound knowledge base of return-to-play criteria.

Your Sports Chiropractic appointment will include a detailed discussion of your past and present injuries, your competitive goals and a thorough physical assessment to identify the source of your problems. This then allows us to formulate an individualized plan to get you back to what you enjoy, as soon as possible.

Luke’s approach to treatment is multimodal, which means he uses a variety of techniques depending on your condition and preferences. This can include specific adjustments to the spine and extremities, pain science education, mobilization, soft tissue therapies, rehabilitation and other movement/exercise therapies, sports-specific technique advice, kinesiotaping, strapping and bracing.

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RUNNING WORKSHOPS

Enhance Running technique workshops are designed to help identify and correct errors in your running technique that can put extra stress on areas such as knees, backs and shins. Every step with poor technique takes you closer to your next injury. Let the ENHANCE Running technicians help you to keep running.

Enhance running workshops are conducted in groups no larger than 10, to provide a fun environment to learn about running technique. Suitable for all ages and abilities.

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TITLEIST PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (TPI) SCREENING

The TPI Golf Screen is one of the most valuable tools in the toolbox for any golf, fitness, or medical professional who works with golfers. Not only can the Screen help identify physical limitations that shape a player’s swing and contribute to painful movement, it facilitates communication between professionals in various fields of performance enhancement (instruction, fitness, and medical). This team approach is at the core of the TPI game improvement philosophy.

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