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Perhaps you have just started training or are a seasoned athlete; sports injury treatment is for you. The benefits are enormous. Training hard week after week may well increase the risk of injury. People want to improve, and it’s human nature to push the body harder than it can keep up. Many of the injuries we see are overtraining, ongoing aggravation of old injuries and poor recovery habits. Injuries happen faster than the body, and its structure can repair. Sports Physio | Osteopathy treatments effectively ease pain, stiffness and stubborn muscle and joint problems. Our Sports Injury specialists will provide detailed advice and hands-on therapy such as sports massage and focused exercises that help optimise recovery. Speeding up the body’s recovery time is essential, especially if you are training hard or during intense bursts in preparation for a marathon or sporting event.
Sports injury treatments can help you train and improve your condition even when you are injured; this is where a sports therapist comes into their own. Training around an injury can be frustrating, especially when specific movements cause too much pain. Using their knowledge of strength and conditioning, sports injury therapists can program exercises that will help strengthen the affected area and movements that will work the rest of the body without causing additional harm. This way, you can continue training hard while managing the pain.
Pro Sports Physio treatment starts with the practitioner taking a medical case history. Spinal and neurological examinations often follow the paperwork. The Physiotherapist may test functional muscle performance and undertake a joint exam to check the body’s structure and function. The treatment provided by the Physiotherapist will depend on the presenting condition. They may perform joint manipulation, deep soft tissue massage, and specific therapeutic nerve stretches. Patients tell us that this style of Sports Physiotherapy provides a fantastic sense of lightness and freedom of movement.
Each Sports Injury treatment may vary enormously. It may also include manipulation of the spine to aid overall flexibility and joint mobilisation, a form of hands-on mobilisation of peripheral joints that eases restricted or stiff joints. After the Pro Sports Physio treatment, you may feel lighter, free, and invigorated due to endorphins and improved blood flow. Flexibility and pain-free muscles may mean we can perform at our very best.
If your body is not functioning well after a sport, you may feel stiffness and pain. Lack of flexibility may slow you down and require more muscular effort and energy to move. Restricted body parts are generally more prone to injury, reduce stamina, and make movement much less efficient. Your potential full range of motion will probably not be achieved either, reducing performance. The Sports Physio will formulate a rehabilitation program for you.
When one body part doesn’t function well, it may affect other areas. For example, a neck restriction can irritate the motor fibres of the nerves that supply the arm, reducing the response of the target muscles as far away as the fingers. Muscle chains enhance (or minimise tone)in other muscles. For example, postural muscles in the neck can affect the lower back muscles, so lower back weakness can be caused by muscular tension in the neck.
Muscles that are not relaxed and alert will not react quickly and explosively but will be more prone to injury and consume excessive energy. Tight muscles will also reduce your range of movement.
A tight diaphragm restricts breathing, reducing oxygen intake and adversely affecting performance and recovery. Treatment partially achieves this by improving rib, thoracic spine, and accessory respiratory muscle function.
