What is sports physiotherapy?

Sports person are prone to injuries happen, and when they do, sports physiotherapy helps the sports person back to the field, court, pool or floor stronger and faster than they were before getting injured.

A large part of sports physiotherapy program enables a sports person to train within the constraints of their injury. The sports physiotherapy work with sports person with a customised plan that the sports person work on, both inside and outside the clinic so they can participate in training as much as the constraints of their injury allow.

The most common injuries that are covered in sports physiotherpty such as strains, sprains and general joint pain are often be managed through a combination of load management (finding the right balance between training and rest) and developing a young sports person capacity for training. Mostly, learning and applying these therapy at a young age can enable a sports person up for long-term success.

Sports physical therapists provide treatment for non-surgical and surgical injuries and conditions:

• Pre and post surgery consultation and treatment
• Pre and post op exercise programs and therapy
• Instrument-guided soft tissue mobilization (SASTM)
• Fascial release
• Joint mobilization
• Muscle strengthening exercises
• Stretches
• Trigger point release
• Plyometrics (Multidirectional movement exercises)
• Sport-Specific Skill Training
• Strength Training Workouts
• Treadmill Exercisesa