From Pain & Injury to Healthy & Happy-Sports Physiotherapy


Sports Physiotherapy

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.
Sports injuries do differ to everyday injuries. Athletes normally require high level performance and demand placed upon their body, which stresses their muscles, joints and bones to the limit.  Sports physiotherapists help athletes recover from sporting injuries and provide education and resources to prevent problems.
Each sports physiotherapist usually has sport-specific knowledge that addresses acute, chronic and overuse injuries. Their services are generally available to sports men and women of all ages engaged in sports at any level of competition.

Sports & Exercise Physiotherapy

Sports & exercise physiotherapists are involved in prevention and management of injury resulting from sport and exercise participation at all ages and levels of ability. Sports & exercise physiotherapists provide advice on safe participation, promoting an active lifestyle to help all individuals improve and maintain their quality of life. Sports & exercise physiotherapists also have a role in helping those involved in sport and recreational activity to enhance their performance.

 Sports injury


Sports injuries are injuries that occur during sport, athletic activities, or exercising. In the United States, there are approximately 30 million teenagers and children combined who participate in some form of organized sport. Of those, about three million athletes age 14 years and under experience a sports injury annually. According to a study performed at Stanford University, 21 percent of the injuries observed in elite college athletes caused the athlete to miss at least one day of sport, and approximately 77 percent of these injuries involved the lower leg, ankle, or foot

Types of sport injury
  • Soft tissue injuries
  • Hard tissue injuries
  • Overuse injuries
  • Head and neck injuries
Physiotherapy treatments for sports injuries

Exercise therapy
Physiotherapists use exercise to help patients improve movement, flexibility and strength to reduce pain in both the short and long term. Nuffield Health Physiotherapists are trained to ensure every patient receives the right exercise program and they will support you to learn and carry out the program to make sure you get the most from your treatment.

 Aqua Therapy
Aquatic therapy (or Hydrotherapy) involves exercise and rehabilitation in water. This is an effective way of assisting muscle and joint rehabilitation (and alleviating other conditions) in an environment that helps to relax and support the body’s weight. As well as assisting with movement, Hydrotherapy can provide pain relief in some patients as well. Hydrotherapy patients do not need to be able to swim (although it would be beneficial to inform your physiotherapist of this in advance).

 Joint mobilization & soft tissue techniques

Hands-on treatment to joints and muscles can help reduce patient’s pain and allow the body to start to move more freely. Physiotherapists may use these techniques on patients alongside other treatment approaches such as exercise therapy to help patients get better quicker.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture
Acupuncture refers to the insertion of sterile, single-use needles into specific points of the body to help relieve pain and symptoms. All Nuffield Health Physiotherapists delivering acupuncture have undertaken specialist training in this area.



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  1. Graphics20 December 2021 at 05:00

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  2. william21 January 2022 at 02:08

    Awesome article, it was exceptionally helpful! I simply began in this and I'm becoming more acquainted with it better! Cheers, keep doing awesome! Pure Chiropractic

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  3. James Lambert24 February 2022 at 17:29

    I was dealing with knee pain for quite some time back in the days, and my brother suggested taking some physiotherapy treatment at Jindabyne Physio. The result was excellent, and I'm thrilled. My movement has improved, and my strength is back; no more knee pain at all during runs.

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  4. Orthopaedics16 March 2022 at 02:54

    Some of the common surgeries performed by a sports injury surgeon are repairing injured soft tissue, aligning bones, and repositioning joints.

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