Sports Injuries: What’s the Deal?
Sports injuries can knock you off your game, making training or competing a struggle. Your muscles, joints, and tendons work hard during activity, but overuse or sudden mishaps can lead to sprains, strains, or tears.
What Causes Sports Injuries?
Sports injuries stem from various causes—overtraining, poor technique, or unexpected falls. Common issues include sprained ankles, pulled muscles, tendonitis, or dislocated joints. Skipping warm-ups, using improper gear, or ignoring fatigue can worsen the risk.
How Sports Massage and Remedial Therapists Can Help
Isy, our seasoned triathlete therapist, well rehearsed in managing her own injuries (!), is very used to tackling sports injuries. Using hands-on techniques, she reduces muscle tension, eases inflammation, and boosts blood flow to speed recovery. After assessing your movement and injury, she’ll craft a tailored plan with targeted massage, stretches, or strengthening exercises to heal and prevent recurrence.
Tips to Keep Sports Injuries at Bay
Drawing from her triathlon experience, Isy shares proven tips to avoid injuries. Simple habits like proper warm-ups, refining technique, or balancing training with rest can keep you injury-free. Regular sessions maintain flexibility and catch minor issues early.
Wrap-Up
Don’t ignore sports injuries—they could worsen if left unchecked. Here at Elite Performance Therapy, we’re here to help with a complimentary phone call to get started. Contact us and get back to peak performance!
Common Sports injury complaints that our team can treat include:
Shin Splints
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Runner’s Knee
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What our clients say:
When playing football in a new country you don’t always get the best when it comes to physio treatment, I picked up a really awkward knee injury in February and until I first went to see Isy around a month later I was playing to a limited capacity and experiencing a lot of pain even outside of football, The turnaround since then thanks to her help has been rapid and significant to the point where I’m feeling better than I was before I even got injured, all while being able to play consistently throughout the treatment, 10/10 would recommend to anyone.
Wynn Skinner