The Running Clinic

What The Running Clinic does

The Running Clinic (La Clinique Du Coureur) is a private Canadian continuing-education organisation founded in 2008 by physiotherapist Blaise Dubois in Lac-Beauport, Quebec, and structured as a Quebec freedom-form company with a team of roughly 40 people operating across 15 countries on five continents. Its core function is to translate peer-reviewed running-injury and biomechanics research into standardised clinical protocols and continuing-education courses for health and sport professionals - principally physiotherapists, but also medical doctors, chiropractors, podiatrists, osteopaths and coaches. The curriculum is anchored by three proprietary clinical frameworks developed internally: the PEACE & LOVE soft-tissue injury management acronym (Dubois & Esculier, BJSM 2019, Altmetric top 1%), the Minimalist Index running-shoe rating scale (Esculier et al., Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2015, highest-ranked paper in the journal's history), and Mechanical Stress Quantification, a load-management framework taught in the flagship course.

The product surface is a single, integrated continuing-education platform composed of modular numbered courses: Course 1.0 Fundamentals of Running Injuries (17 hours in-person, BJSM-accredited, delivered 100+ times in 5-6 languages), Course 1.1 Diagnosis of Lower Limb Injuries (16 hours), Course 1.2 Treatment of Lower Limb Injuries (15 hours), and Course 2.0 Expert (40 hours, advanced). Asynchronous online extensions include Course 1.6 Science in Practice and Course 1.10 PEACE & LOVE. The platform is rounded out by an e-coaching service (Le Coaching Du Coureur), a Certified Professional registry (find-an-expert), a WebTV video library, an internal Research Fund that co-finances university research projects, and a Philanthropic Fund supporting youth running programmes. Courses are priced à la carte with discounts for students (50%) and CPA members (15-20%); minimum 20 participants required to run an in-person course, with cancellation fees scaled from 10% (>6 weeks) to 100% (<3 weeks). Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Distribution combines direct online registration through the firm's own e-commerce storefront, in-person courses hosted at partner clinics and universities in Canada, the United States and Europe, an official channel partner in Greece (Physio Academy), and five localised websites (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese). Marketing is content-led through a multilingual blog, segmented email newsletter, Instagram, WebTV, downloadable clinical tools and educational partnerships with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and ISEPA (Gold Education Partner). The firm is self-funded through course revenues, has not raised external capital, and reports no parent company or subsidiaries; founder Blaise Dubois and clinician-researcher Jean-Francois Esculier remain the principal instructors and scientific leads.

Name

The Running Clinic

Legal name

The Running Clinic

Website

https://therunningclinic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Running Clinic is a Quebec-based continuing-education organisation, founded in 2008 by Blaise Dubois, that trains physiotherapists and other health and sport professionals worldwide in evidence-based prevention, diagnosis and treatment of running injuries through in-person and online courses built on its proprietary PEACE & LOVE, Minimalist Index and Mechanical Stress Quantification frameworks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Professional Education for Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Performance Analysis & Video Coaching (HSADAEAG)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Running injury prevention
• Physiotherapy certification courses
• Evidence-based clinical education
• Sports rehabilitation training

Headquarters

HQ city

Beauport

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. In-person professional continuing-education courses: Two-day flagship courses (1.0 Fundamentals of Running Injuries at 22 hours; 1.1 Diagnosis at 16 hours; 1.2 Treatment at 15 hours) delivered live to physiotherapists, medical doctors, chiropractors, podiatrists, osteopaths and coaches, in 5-6 languages across 15 countries. Pricing is per-seat per course; min 20 participants required to run a course; cancellation fees scale from 10% (>6 wks) to 100% (<3 wks). Direct-to-participant revenue model.
2. Asynchronous online courses (e-learning): Online courses (1.6 Science in Practice, 1.10 PEACE & LOVE, 1.5 Secrets of Experts - Mechanical Stress Quantification, 1.4 Running Shoes, etc.) sold à la carte, asynchronous, with downloadable educational tools, case studies and certificates of achievement.
3. E-coaching platform subscriptions: E-coaching platform for runners offered to reach a wider, more passionate audience; specific pricing model not disclosed in the source.
4. Public lectures and conference engagements: Free or paid public lectures to runners and the general public (more than 200 across the world per Blaise Dubois' CV); volunteer-lecture donations flow to the Philanthropic Fund.
5. Research funding (re-invested): Part of profits from teaching courses is redirected to a Research Fund that invests in collaborative university research projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Running Clinic delivers evidence-based continuing-education courses and clinical frameworks to health and sport professionals (physiotherapists, doctors, chiropractors, podiatrists, osteopaths, coaches) for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of running injuries. It sells in-person flagship courses (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0) and asynchronous online courses (1.6, 1.10) anchored by three proprietary methodologies (PEACE & LOVE, Minimalist Index, Mechanical Stress Quantification), and also offers an e-coaching platform to individual runners.

Product overview

The Running Clinic is a single, integrated continuing-education platform (rather than a multi-product SaaS suite) composed of modular numbered courses and supporting content resources. Its flagship is Course 1.0 Fundamentals of Running Injuries (in-person, 17 hours), around which complementary in-person modules are layered: Course 1.1 Diagnosis of Lower Limb Injuries, Course 1.2 Treatment of Lower Limb Injuries, and the advanced Course 2.0 Expert. Asynchronous online learning extends the same curriculum through Course 1.6 Science in Practice and Course 1.10 PEACE & LOVE: Management of soft-tissue injuries. The courses are anchored by three proprietary clinical frameworks developed internally: the PEACE & LOVE Protocol, Mechanical Stress Quantification, and the Minimalist Index. The platform is rounded out by an e-coaching service (Le Coaching Du Coureur), a WebTV video library, a Certified Professional online registry, a Research Fund, and a Philanthropic Fund. Together these offerings position The Running Clinic as a global reference in continuing education for health and sport professionals working with runners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Course 1.0 Fundamentals of Running Injuries Two-day flagship in-person course (17 hours) for health and sport professionals covering clinical assessment of the injured runner, running biomechanics, footwear prescription, Mechanical Stress Quantification, gait retraining and evidence-based treatment of common running injuries. Accredited by BJSM.
• Course 1.1 Diagnosis of Lower Limb Injuries: Practical Aspects Two-day practical in-person course (16 hours) focused on evidence-based diagnostic tests and clinical reasoning for traumatic and non-traumatic lower-limb injuries, with hands-on practice on peers.
• Course 1.2 Treatment of Lower Limb Injuries: Practical Aspects Two-day practical in-person course (15 hours, prerequisite Course 1.0) on evidence-based therapeutic exercises, tissue loading and adaptation, with practice of more than 100 therapeutic exercises for runners' lower-limb conditions.
• Online Course 1.6 Science in Practice: Applying Research for Clinicians Asynchronous online course (~4h40 video plus downloadable tools, 6 case studies and 50 exam questions) teaching clinicians how to critically read scientific articles and translate research into clinical practice. Taught by Jean-Francois Esculier, PT, PhD.
• Online Course 1.10 PEACE & LOVE: Management of Soft-Tissue Injuries 8-hour asynchronous online course extending the PEACE & LOVE acronym (Dubois & Esculier, BJSM 2019) for managing soft-tissue injuries, including public-lecture videos, voice-over presentations synthesising 80+ systematic reviews, 6 educational tools, 4 case studies and 100 exam questions.
• E-coaching platform (Le Coaching Du Coureur) Subscription-based online personalised running-coaching service offered by The Running Clinic's instructors (e.g., Olivier Roy-Baillargeon) to individual runners using the clinic's evidence-based methodology.
• WebTV Video Library Online video library hosted on The Running Clinic website delivering running-injury, biomechanics and training content to the public and professionals.
• Certified Professional Registry Online registry of clinicians who have completed The Running Clinic's courses, allowing members of the public to search for certified health professionals, coaches and footwear retailers in their region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 56 peer-reviewed articles published by the research team in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerEducational partnership: The Running Clinic is a proud educational partner of the CPA. CPA members receive 15-20% discount on courses (15% off in-person, 20% off online courses like Course 1.10 PEACE & LOVE). CPA logo displayed on all course landing pages.
• International Sports and Exercise Physiotherapy Association (ISEPA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Running Clinic is a Gold Education Partner of ISEPA. Logo displayed on the flagship Course 1.0 page.
• British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBJSM has awarded its stamp of approval for high-quality evidence-based education to The Running Clinic's flagship Course 1.0. The PEACE & LOVE protocol and the gait retraining RCT (Dubois/Esculier) were published in BJSM. The Running Clinic is "accrédité par le BJSM pour son éducation internationale de qualité."
• Physio Academy (Athanasios Siouras)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial partner in Greece for the Athens Combo 1.0 + 1.1 course (Nov 26-29, 2026). Physio Academy handles local inquiries (+30 6976496617, [email protected]) and on-the-ground delivery alongside Blaise Dubois.
• Université Laval (and other partner universities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch Fund supports research projects conducted in partnership with researchers from universities worldwide. Blaise Dubois teaches at Université Laval (sport therapy, differential diagnosis), and Jean-Francois Esculier is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC. Research collaborations extend across Europe, North America and Oceania.
• OVH HEBERGEMENT INC.minorOthersWeb hosting provider for therunningclinic.com (1801 avenue McGill College, bureau 800, Montréal (Quebec) H3A 2N4, Canada). Listed in the website's privacy policy as the website host.
• Nova Physiotherapy (Dartmouth, NS)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVenue partner for the Course 1.0 delivery in Halifax, NS (Nov 14-15, 2026): 201 Brownlow Ave #19, Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1W2. Hosts the in-person course at their clinic facility.
• Trent Health in Motion (Peterborough, ON)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVenue partner for Course 1.0 in Peterborough, ON (Oct 17-18, 2026): 1650 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8.
• Expert Physio (Burnaby, BC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVenue partner for Course 1.0 in Burnaby, BC (Oct 3-4, 2026): 6501 Sprott Street #1, Burnaby, BC, V5B 3B8.
• Intrinsi: Physiotherapy & Wellness Clinic (Calgary, AB)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVenue partner for Course 1.0 in Calgary, AB (Oct 24-25, 2026): 3519 18 Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 4T9.
• Canada-Alberta Job GrantminorOthersCourse 1.0 (22 hours of CE: 5 hours preliminary reading + 17 hours in-person) is admissible for the Canada-Alberta Job Grant, providing a financial channel for Albertan employers to fund clinician training.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Medbridge: Online continuing education platform serving physical therapists, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals with a hybrid of asynchronous video courses, live webinars, and home-exercise programming. Highly comparable to The Running Clinic's hybrid in-person + async online + e-coaching model, but serving many specialities rather than running specifically.
• Institute of Clinical Excellence (ICE): Continuing-education community for physical therapists offering online courses, live summits and a mentorship programme with a focus on evidence-based clinical practice. Comparable to The Running Clinic's hybrid CE delivery and practitioner community orientation.
• Clinical Edge: Evidence-based continuing education provider for physiotherapists focused on musculoskeletal and sports injuries, with online video courses, live events and a strong research-translation emphasis. Closely mirrors The Running Clinic's niche focus, evidence-based positioning and hybrid delivery model, and serves an international clinician audience.
• Pose Method: Global running technique education company founded by Dr. Nicholas Romanov, certifying running coaches and teaching courses to clinicians, coaches and runners worldwide. Most directly comparable to The Running Clinic on the running-specific, global, multi-language continuing-education axis.
• Great Seminars Online: Online continuing education company for rehabilitation professionals offering asynchronous courses with downloadable tools, case studies and exams. Highly comparable to The Running Clinic's async online CE courses (1.6 Science in Practice, 1.10 PEACE & LOVE) in format and certification delivery.
• Evidence in Motion: US-based continuing education and graduate programme company for physical therapists with a strong sports and orthopaedic focus, offering residencies, fellowships, certification and live CE courses. Directly comparable to The Running Clinic's evidence-based, sports-PT-targeted continuing-education curriculum delivered in-person and online.

Broad incumbents

• PESI: Large, established US continuing-education provider offering thousands of live and online courses across behavioural health, nursing, physical therapy and allied health. A broad incumbent in the same healthcare CE market that competes for clinician training budgets but lacks The Running Clinic's running-specialisation and proprietary frameworks.

Emerging players

• Gait Happens: Smaller education brand focused on foot, gait and biomechanics, offering courses and content for clinicians and runners on foot health and minimalist footwear. Comparable to The Running Clinic's running biomechanics, Minimalist Index and foot/ankle education content, though with significantly smaller scale and reach.
• RunnersConnect: Online running training and education platform offering coaching plans, podcast-based learning and community content for runners. Comparable to the consumer-facing E-coaching platform and WebTV component of The Running Clinic, though without the clinician training arm.
• ChiRunning: Running-form education brand offering books, certified instructor trainings, workshops and online courses focused on injury-preventive running technique. Comparable to The Running Clinic's running-injury-prevention curriculum and certified professional network, though it teaches runners and coaches rather than clinicians.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ClinicRunning
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheRunningClinic.runninginjuries
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/therunningclinic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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