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Sports Injury Physiotherapy
Sports injury physiotherapy is a specialised area of physiotherapy concentrating on predominately musculoskeletal injuries caused through sport. These injuries may be sustained by professional and amateur sports men and women, but can require a higher level of rehabilitation to enable them to return to pre-injury fitness. Some of the most common sports which can induce sports injury physiotherapy with include:
- Football (professional and amateur)
- Rugby
- Athletics
- Gymnastics
Professional sports teams will quite often have their own physiotherapists to provide sports injury physiotherapy to the athlete. Some of the most common sports injuries seen are:
- Torn ligaments
- Muscle strains
- Fractures
- Cartilage tears
These injuries can all be rehabilitated with sports injury physiotherapy. This will include a comprehensive assessment; verbal and physical followed by goal setting and treatment sessions. These treatment sessions can include a variety of treatment to rehabilitate the injury to their pre-injury fitness, some of which can include:
- Strengthening exercises
- Stretching exercises
- Plyometric exercises
- Proprioceptive exercises
- Massage
- Electrotherapy
- Hydrotherapy
These are all specialised individually tailored treatments which can be provided by a sports injury physiotherapist.
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