Sports Therapy

Sports injuries may occur when participating in a sport or during exercise. While they can strike at any point during physical activity, you are more likely to sustain an injury if you:

• Play a contact sport
• Fail to correctly warm-up prior to exercise
• Aren’t regularly active

While rest, ice, compression, and elevation could help to ease your pain and suffering, it is possible you could have endured a much more debilitating injury, which could impact your physical performance and daily mobility.

For example, you are likely to struggle with a lot of pain and limited mobility if you sustain:

• A knee injury
• Back injury
• Achilles tendon rupture
• Fracture
• Rotator cuff injury
• Dislocation
• Swollen muscles
• Sprains
• Strains

Sports therapy is based on sport and exercise science principles, which will provide physiological and psychological support and can ultimately prepare an amateur or pro athlete for training or a competitive game.

A sports physical therapist will make it their mission to strengthen the injured areas of a person’s body. For instance, they will aim to either improve or restore a patient’s range of motion, which can ultimately:

• Help to manage pain and discomfort
• Prevent permanent damage
• Avoid recurring physical problems

If you choose to visit us here at Icon Medical Centers, your experienced sports PT will develop a custom physical therapy program based on your specific needs and ability. By attending your appointments, you could soon return to your daily routine without struggling with pain, which could help you to reach your sporting goals.

There should be no one-size-fits-all approach to sports therapy. After all, each patient could struggle with different physical and psychological problems that could inhibit their quality of life and performance.

A bespoke physical therapy program will be developed to match a patient’s individual needs, which can increase the likelihood of them regaining their previous functionality. Plus, each session will require a patient to embrace physical activity, which could help them to remain mobile and can prevent exacerbating an injury. Our physical therapy treatment programs are also carefully designed to help you strengthen the areas of injury to help in preventing injury in the future.

Physical therapy has been designed to speed up the healing process, which can help an athlete to quickly overcome an injury.

It can help budding or professional sportsmen or women in a variety of ways. One of the biggest benefits of sports therapy is pain management, as it can help to correctly heal a patient’s soft tissue and even realign their skeletal structure. Plus, it can boost their physical strength and flexibility, which can decrease the pressure placed on the body and can ultimately restore their range of motion.

Physical therapy can, therefore, be viewed as a natural form of pain relief, which can reduce a patient’s reliance on over-the-counter and prescription medications.

A patient’s recovery rate will be determined by their approach to each session. For example, you must never ignore the advice and instructions given by a sports therapist medical professional, who will understand how to alleviate your physical pain, restore your flexibility, and improve your strength. If you ignore their advice, you could slow down your recovery and might fail to fully regain your range of motion.

It is also imperative that you are honest with a physical therapist in each session. If you are struggling with an exercise or a physical problem, you should not be afraid to talk to them openly. By doing so, they could tweak the customized program to match your needs, which could help you to quickly enjoy a reduction in pain.

As many athletes are dedicated to reaching their sporting goals, they might be tempted to push through the pain to reach their personal best or help their team roar to victory. However, this could potentially cause further injuries that could lead to more time on the sofa than on a field or track.

It is, therefore, essential to never ignore any symptoms that could indicate you are suffering from a serious physical injury, such as swelling, pain, weakness, deformities, or popping or crunching sounds.

If you are struggling with a sports injury, do not hesitate to contact us here at Icon Medical Centers, as we specialize in physical therapy, massage therapy, and chiropractic care, which could help you on the road to recovery.