• 10 Mar 2022
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What Is Sports Injury? How Can Physiotherapy Help In Treating Sports Injuries?

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In this blog, we will discuss sports injuries, and find out how physiotherapy is among the best treatment protocols for recovering from sports injuries.

We will share some of the best practices related to sports injury treatment via Physiotherapy and will reveal how CureNow Wellness can help patients successfully recover from sports injuries.

What Is Sports Injury?

Sports injuries are common injuries that are caused by a direct impact or overuse or a force, which is greater than the withstanding power of that body part. Generally, sports injuries are classified into two categories: Acute and Chronic.

While acute sports injuries are caused suddenly such as sprained ankles due to an awkward landing, chronic sports injuries are caused by repeated overuse/abuse of muscle groups or joints, leading to more severe injuries.

However, structural abnormalities from birth, and/or poor techniques of playing sports can also gradually lead to chronic sports injuries.

Types Of Sports Injuries

Some of the most common types of sports injuries (both acute and chronic) with common symptoms of stiffness, consistent pain, swelling include:

Ankle Sprain,

Tennis elbow

Knee injuries

Sprains

Muscle strain

Dislocations

Strained hamstring

Shin splints

And more.

How Can Physiotherapy Help In Sports Injury Treatment

Physiotherapy has been found to be extremely useful in treating sports injuries, with a high percentage of success rate. With dedicated and focused physiotherapy treatment, patients with sports injuries can not only recover, but also avoid future injuries, and remain fit and active for a long period of time.

This is how Physiotherapy can help in recovering from sports injuries:

Range Of Motion Exercises (ROM)

For reducing the stiffness of muscles and joints, Physiotherapists often recommend a range of motion, which is carried over a specific body part for fast recovery.

When physiotherapists assist patients to perform a range of motion exercises, it’s known as passive ROM, and if the patient is able to perform all the exercises on their own, then it’s called active ROM.

Strengthening

One of the biggest drawbacks of experiencing sports injuries is that it makes the muscles weak. And this is the reason Physiotherapists perform strengthening exercises on patients with sports injuries.

While static strengthening exercises exert muscles at high intensity, without any movement of the joints, dynamic strengthening exercises make the muscles move. Example of static strengthening exercises: the patient holds a squat position or a push-up position for a specific time period. Examples of dynamic strengthening exercises include walking, running, or lifting weights.

Low-Level Laser

Inflammation and muscle pain arising due to sports injuries can be treated with low-level laser wherein the healing power of light is used on specific body parts, impacted by sports injuries. This is an alternative to surgery and medications, and gradually gaining popularity all across.

In case of musculoskeletal sports injuries, low-level laser is highly recommended by expert physiotherapists.

Ice packs and hot packs are other beneficial physiotherapy-based treatments for treating sports injuries and providing relief from stiffness and pain.

At CureNow Wellness, we have seasoned physiotherapists who are trained and certified in the UK and have expertise in successfully treating sports injuries.

Book an appointment with our sports physiotherapists and start the healing process right away.

Our address: CureNow Wellness Pvt. Ltd.

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