From professional athletes looking to step up their game to obese people looking to drop hundreds of pounds -- a new physiotherapy office is hoping to help.

Fit Physiotherapy is one of only two Canadian businesses to offer equipment with technology developed by NASA.

Their anti-gravity treadmill, the second one in Canada, uses NASA- developed technology and can control the amount of gravity felt, allowing users to exercise with a fraction of their actual weight.

"You can take 80% of your body off. When astronauts came back from space, they wanted to be able to get back to normal gravity," says Bruce Stewart with Fit Physiotherapy.

The machine is essentially a treadmill inside a bubble. By allowing users to "lose" some of the body weight, it caters to those looking to exercise, despite having medical issues.

"Someone that had issues with running that wants to get their cardio going, they could easily do it in this setting and not worry about flaring a knee or hip or back," says Brian Boehme with Fit Physiotherapy.

The treadmill is located at Lethbridge's new Fit Physiotherapy clinic.

The clinic also offers a 3D gait analysis system. The runner wears special markers and his image is then transferred to a computer.

A report will then be generated to see what changes are necessary to see what changes are necessary to limit injuries in the future.

"It's all about injury prevention and optimizing their rehabilitation by figuring out what's wrong with them," says Dr. Reed Ferber, director of the University of Calgary's Running Injury Clinic.

The 3D gait analysis system is one of four in North America. It was developed by researches at the University of Calgary.

"There have been advances in foot wear and programs, but people are still getting injured," Ferber says.

"We need better health solutions and we feel this is a critical tool to understand the mechanics that somebody demonstrates when they walk or run to prevent injuries and optimize rehabilitation."

Along with the anti-gravity treadmill and the 3D gait analysis system, the clinic also offers a bike analyzer for cycling enthusiasts.

They hope the equipment will help more people live their motto: "happiness is an injury free body."

Researchers at the university's Running Injury Clinic say, every year 50% of runners will be injured, adding if the equipment can reduce injuries by 5%, it could save the health care system $1 billion.

For more information on the technology, visit Fit Physiotherapy's website.