Sports Rehabilitation
Sports Rehabilitation
Sports medicine has developed into a distinct branch of medicine. Its primary objective is to prepare and educate an athlete in order for him or her to achieve maximum physical efficiency while being safe. The rapid advancement of sport’s speed and competitive character has led in an increase in the prevalence of sports injuries.
It would be incorrect to assert that physiotherapy’s job begins with injury. With fast advancements in the art and science of physiotherapy, the profession now contributes to the enhancement of all four key facets of sports:
- Injury prevention
- Treatment of injury
- Athlete training
- Development of a specific athletic ability
The treatment of acute injury is the first step in sports rehabilitation. It benefits individuals who are in pain, have sustained an injury, or are unwell. From pain relief to muscle length optimization, back to pre-injury performance, and injury prevention, it is a complete rehabilitation programme that focuses on every aspect of pain-free, effective, sports-specific mobility.
Sport Rehabilitators assist those who are experiencing pain, injury, or sickness affecting the musculoskeletal system. They assist individuals of all ages in maintaining their health and fitness levels, recovering from and preventing injury, and alleviating pain through the use of exercise, movement, and manual-based therapies.
Common sports injury conditions are:
- Ankle sprains
- strains
- Post-operative rehabilitation – (spinal, shoulder and knee surgery, joint replacements)
- ACL and MCL injury
- Tennis elbow
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Bursitis
- Post-trauma including fractures
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Arthritis and general pain issues
- Rotator cuff injury
