Sports Physiotherapy

Sports physiotherapy refers to the management of any pain or injury suffered as a result of activity. It isn’t reserved for elite athletes, or only available if your injury happened whilst playing sports, it’s just that it aims to resolve those issues commonly related to movement based activities.

Active lifestyles place extra stress on our musculoskeletal system, which subsequently increases the risk of developing pain or injury. Without proper rehab these injuries can lead to niggling chronic pain and significant time away from the activities you love.

We see a wide range of movement related pain/injury, these include:

Tendon irritation such as Achilles’ tendinopathy, tennis/golfers elbow, rotator cuff related pain, jumper’s knee or plantar fasciitis
Acute and chronic knee pain including meniscal injury, ACL/PCL sprains, patella tendinopathy and ITB syndrome
Shoulder injuries such as rotator cuff tears, dislocations, impingement syndromes
Hip and groin pain
Back strain / disc injuries
Foot/heel pain
Ankle injuries including ankle sprains, impingement syndrome, metatarsal fractures
Post-operative ligament / cartilage repairs

Many sporting injuries are a result of movement dysfunction or poor movement patterns, our therapists will work to address any underlying issues which may have contributed to your condition to provide long-term injury prevention in addition to symptom relief.

Your therapist might utilise a variety of techniques to encourage healing and restore quality of life, including hands on techniques and electrotherapy. Once you are ready they will also include sports specific training and guide you through the process of returning to training safely, without fear of reinjury.

Regardless of whether you’re a recreational athlete or an elite sports professional, good management and effective rehabilitation is key to a quick and full recovery. Our therapists will help to get you back to the activities you love with the minimal amount of downtime.

Should I see a sports physiotherapist?

If you’re not too sure if you should see a sports physiotherapist, here are some guiding questions/statements to help to make a decision.

You want to improve your fitness level but you’re not too sure how to.
If you have (recurring) injury to your ____ (insert body part here i.e. shoulder, knee, ankle etc) and want to get back to playing your sports at the same or higher level quickly, safely and most importantly, without pain.
If you have an odd instability or pain in your joints. An example is that your shoulder or knee feels “looser” and you feel pain in a part of your joint.
If you “often” dislocate or sprain a certain body part or joint.
Muscle pain that doesn’t seem to go away.
You’re going to have surgery soon or you’ve just had surgery such as the reconstruction of the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), meniscal repairs of knees and shoulders, wrists etc

Of course, you can always give us a buzz over the phone or mail, and we’ll let you know what we can do for you =)