Sports Physiotherapy
Sports physiotherapy is specialized branch of physiotherapy that deals with injuries related to sports persons. Sports injuries occur very commonly while participating in a sport or during exercise. Sports injuries may include:
- sprains
- strains
- knee injury
- fracture
- dislocations
- Swollen muscles etc
Some serious sports injuries may require surgery. Sports physiotherapy differs from other branches in many aspects. Sports physios require an extra level of knowledge of physiotherapy skill to assist injury recovery. Another benefit of sports physiotherapy is that it enhances the pliability of a person that allows them to perform at their optimum.
What do sports physiotherapists do?
Sports physiotherapist’s help athletes recover from sports injuries and provide them education to prevent problems. They have sport-specific knowledge which allows them to address the acute and chronic injuries associated with the athletes sport. They use effective ‘hands-on’ management techniques and exercise protocols to assist recovery and prevent injury. They make an attempt to move the injured body part. This assists them how the area is moving or how bad the injury is. After proper and complete diagnosis, physios provide advice and helps in recovery of the player. Sports physios also provide advice on how to avoid injuries. They guide players with techniques of lifting, warming up period and cooling up period. The best part is that their services are available to sports man and women of all ages.
The techniques used in sport physiotherapy help the body to improve its durability and strengthen the muscles, joints, and ligament to withstand pressure.
Benefits of sports physiotherapy
- Intensify physical strength of player-
- Physiotherapy helps patients to increase their physical strength with the help of various techniques used by physiotherapist.
- Provide immediate relief from pain
- Sports physiotherapy help in providing instant relief from the pain caused due to injury.
- Prevents the future injuries
- Physiotherapy also helps in taking preventive measure from the future injuries that might occur to the athletes or patients.
- Improves joint and muscle flexibility
- Various techniques used in the physiotherapy help to increase and improve joint and muscle flexibility.
- Promotes relaxation
The physiotherapy also promotes relaxation to the body as whole by providing relief to muscles of the body.
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