Physio Learning international instructor

Tom Goomphysiotherapist, running injuries

A British physiotherapist with more than twenty years in practice, and a runner himself. In 2012 he founded RunningPhysio, now a worldwide reference on running injuries with more than nine million page views, and he has taught his “Running Repairs” course in the United Kingdom and internationally since 2014.

Brighton (United Kingdom)
Qualified in 2002
20 years in practice
Founder of RunningPhysio
Published in the JOSPT

running-physio.com @running.physio

2002
BSc (Hons) in physiotherapy, Oxford Brookes University
2012
Creation of RunningPhysio, an online resource for runners and clinicians
9 M+
Page views on RunningPhysio since it was created
2014
First session of his “Running Repairs” course, now taught internationally

Tom Goom's career

Twenty years in practice brought down to a single population: runners. Along the way, the British NHS, a semi-professional football club, volunteer work in Sri Lanka after the tsunami, and rehabilitation groups for the lower limb and for chronic pain.

1999 to 2002 · Initial training
BSc (Hons) in physiotherapy
Oxford Brookes University.
2002 to 2004 · Clinical
Physiotherapist with the NHS, in Winchester
This is where his interest in lower-limb rehabilitation began; alongside it, he joined the medical staff of a semi-professional football club.
2004 to 2006 · Humanitarian
Volunteer work in Sri Lanka
After the tsunami: physiotherapy in hospital, training local teams and raising funds for equipment.
2006 to 2021 · Clinical
Senior physiotherapist then clinical lead, in Brighton
NHS then private practice: rehabilitation groups for the lower limb and the spine, and a chronic pain management programme.
Since 2012 · Outreach
Founder of RunningPhysio
Set up in March 2012 to support runners preparing for a marathon, the site now speaks as much to clinicians as to runners: more than nine million page views and a worldwide readership.
Since 2014 · Teaching
Creator and instructor of the “Running Repairs” course
Two days on-site, taught in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Norway, Sweden and many other European countries, then adapted into a full online version.
Since 2022 · Clinical
Physiotherapist specialising in running, in Hove
A post that lets him work exclusively with runners and with lower-limb pain.

Research, writing and practice

Research on proximal hamstring tendinopathy, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy — work cited in our guide to [hamstring tendinopathy](/en/ressources/tendinite-ischio-jambiers-duree-guerison/).
Publications in Musculoskeletal Science & Practice and the European Journal of Sport Science, and articles for Running Fitness, Men’s Running UK and the British Journal of Sports Medicine blog.
Continuing education: biomechanical rehabilitation and running with Christian Barton (2014), the adult hip patient levels 1 and 2 with Benoy Mathew and Glenn Robbins (2017).
A runner himself: 39 min 30 s over 10 km, 1 h 28 in the half marathon, and a first marathon in 3 h 12 in 2013 — what he teaches, he has run.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tom Goom?

Tom Goom is a British physiotherapist based in Brighton who specialises in running-related injuries. He qualified in 2002 and has been in practice for more than twenty years — the NHS, a semi-professional club, volunteer work in Sri Lanka, private practice — and he founded RunningPhysio in 2012.

What is RunningPhysio?

An online resource he created in March 2012 for runners preparing for a marathon, which has become a worldwide reference with more than nine million page views. Today it is aimed above all at the healthcare professionals who look after runners.

Does he teach a course at Physio Learning?

There is no course under his name in the current catalogue. Our courses in sports physiotherapy are gathered on the sports physiotherapy page.

What is his area of expertise?

Running injuries and lower-limb pain: assessment, load management and return to running. His research on proximal hamstring tendinopathy was published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy.