Abbey Physiotherapy Quality care from the people who care Sports Injuries
Playing sport and doing regular exercise provides health benefits but can sometimes lead to injuries. 'Sports injuries' are injuries that happen when exercising or playing sports. Some injuries are caused by accidents, others can be attributed to poor training practices or the wrong equipment. The most common sports injuries are strains and sprains, which can occur in almost any type of physical activity followed closely by knee injuries and swollen muscles. with possible causes:
- Accident, trip, fall or contact
- Not warming up fully
- Poor technique
- Overuse
Description Of Sports Injuries
Usually, a sport injury consists of a soft tissue injury (STI's) and presents with the following types of symptoms: Pain, tenderness on palpation, swelling, bruising, reduced range of movement.
It is important to allow your body to start the recovery process and this normally means a short period of rest, however, this may not always be convenient and a Physiotherapist can use certain treatments to speed up the rate of healing and protect the area. It is important that you do not exercise through any pain unless advised to do so by your Physiotherapist as this may make to problem worse and lead to you being out of your sport for a longer period in the long run.
Sports Injury Prevention
Prevention is better than cure and it is important to prepare your body for the type of exercise you are about to undertake. Generally, it is starting at a low level and gradually building up over time, thinking about what type of movements and skills will be needed and practice these in your training. Training exercises should include work on flexibility, strength, endurance, core stability and cardiovascular but there will be specific ones to each sport and position in the team.
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Abbey Physiotherapy Clinic is accredited to the Physical Therapy Association with treatments including patient education, exercise therapy working to develop specific exercise programs which improve mobilisation and improve your range of motion. If you think we can help you, why not contact us to enquire further or make an appointment. You can contact us by calling 024 7628 1133 or emailing us
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Sports massage is a firm deep tissue massage therapy which is the most effective therapy for treating muscular pain, tension and for putting your body in balance
Sports Massage
Joint mobilisation techniques focus on attaining a normal range of pain-free joint motion.
Mobilisations
Our Acupuncture Clinic treatment aids tissue healing and based on scientific evidence that shows the treatment can stimulate nerves under the skin and in muscle tissue to allow the body to produce pain-relieving substances
Acupuncture Clinic
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Electrotherapy
the use of taping and strapping techniques to aid both the treatment and prevention of injury
Sports taping
Rehabilitation is the process to regain full function following injury. This involves restoring strength, flexibility, endurance and power and is achieved through various exercises and drills
Exercise Rehabilitation
An exercise programme that aims to improve stabilisation and support to the spine. This is achieved by re-training specific trunk muscles, which may be under used
Core Strength
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Sports Injuries
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Back Pain
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Strains and Sprains
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Fractures
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Whiplash Symptoms
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Headachesis a pain affecting the back, hip, and outer side of the leg, caused by compression of a spinal nerve root in the lower back, often owing to degeneration of an inter-vertebral disc.
SciaticaArthritis is inflammation of one or more of your joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age
Arthritis
a condition in which the prolonged performance of repetitive actions, typically with the hands, causes pain or impairment of function in the tendons and muscles involved
RSI
pre-operative interventions for hip and knee osteoarthritis awaiting joint replacement surgery.
Pre and Post Op