back on track injury clinic Offers Sports Therapy for injury recovery
Back on Track Injury Clinic’s mission is to make sure your injury recovery is as safe and effective as possible. Our sports therapy courses are bespoke to your injury and objectives. We strengthen your muscles to project you from further harm, limiting the amount of time you need to spend doing injury recovery exercises, so you can get on with your sport and improve your performance.
Leading Causes of Sport Injury
Did you know that, on average, roughly 10% of the population takes part in regular fitness classes per year? This doesn’t even include the number of people doing at-home workouts, or going for solo runs or bike rides. The UK is an active country, and this is likely to increase as the Government ramps up its anti-obesity initiatives.
However, increased activity can lead to more injuries. Injury recovery is very important if you wish to maintain high levels of activity, especially if you’re training for a marathon, triathlon or an ironman. According the NHS, these are the leading causes of sports injuries:
an accident – a fall or a heavy blow
not warming up properly
inadequate equipment and/or poor technique
pushing yourself too hard
Depending on the type of injury, recovery can vary from a few days to a few months. For long term injuries, sports therapy is one of the best ways to make sure your injury recovery gets back and stays on track.
How sports therapy helps inJury recovery
Back On Track Injury Clinic’s sport therapists use injury assessment, sports massages and exercise rehabilitation to aid your injury recovery. This can include exercises that target your range of motion, strengthen muscles or improve general motor function. Sports massages help encourage blood flow while reducing heart rate, muscle tension and pain.
Unlike an exercise class, we tailor our exercise programming to you, offering solutions and activities that aid your specific injury recovery. For example, if you’re suffering from runners knee or tennis elbow, our sports therapists recommend exercises that heal that specific injury.
Sports therapy mixes the principles of sport and exercise science with physiological and pathological processes to prepare you for training and competition. This ensures you make a full recovery from your injury in a safe and timely manner.
One misconception is that sports therapists are only available for professional athletes. If your injury is sports related, Back On Track Injury Clinic will help your injury recovery.
common injuries sport therapists can help out with
Back On Track Injury Clinic’s sports therapists are experienced at master planning injury recovery. They have seen many injuries, the most common being:
Lower back pain
Rotator cuff injury
Shoulder impingement
Tennis Elbow
Bursitis
Patellar tendinopathy
ITB friction syndrome
Lateral ankle sprains
Calf strains
Achilles tendinopathy
Whatever injury you are suffering from, our specialist sports therapists will create an injury recovery plan that targets your needs.
Types of Sports therapy for injury recovery
Sports therapy uses a number techniques to help you recover from injuries and ease your pain. Your specific treatment will depend on your consultation with your sports therapist. However, the following techniques tend to be used the most:
Sports Massages
We will use sports massages to aid your injury recovery. A sports massage is a clinical massage that can reduce your aches and pains, improve blood flow and help re-align scar tissue.
Joint Mobilisation
Passive joint mobilisation is a hands-on approach to alleviating pain and stiffness within a joint capsule. This can be used on the spine as well as ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows and wrists. It can even help to relieve headaches linked to tension in the cervical spine.
Exercise Rehabilitation
Our sports therapists design an individualised exercise programme specific to your needs and desired level of physical activity. This is to make sure you maximise your healing potential and prevent the same injury from re-occurring. You can’t go wrong getting strong!
Sports Therapy for injury recovery FAQs
What’s the difference between a sports therapist and a physiotherapist?
Both professions are geared up to assess and treat musculoskeletal pain and injury, however a sports therapist aims to target your sporting performance and will utilise a combination of manual therapy, strength & conditioning and exercise physiology to make sure you get back to performing at your pre-injury level and beyond.
Can a sports therapist customise my injury recovery plan?
Absolutely! Your sports therapist will make sure your injury recovery plan is tailored to (1) your injury, (2) your objective and (3) your time line. However, like most training programs, the more time you set aside for sports therapy, the better your injury recovery.
Is sports therapy only for injury recovery?
No. Sports therapy is about more than injury recovery. The objective is to optimise your sporting performance as a whole and also help prevent injuries from happening. If you have a race or big event on the horizon, our Back On Track Injury Clinic sports therapists will be more than happy to help you.
How long will my injury recovery take with sports therapy?
Sports therapy accelerates your injury recovery compared to doing nothing. However, it is hard to put an exact time on it. Your injury recovery can take a few days or a few months. It depends on the severity of your injury and your chosen objectives. For long term injuries, sports therapy is the best way to make sure your injury recovery gets on and stays on track.
Testimonial
“Through thorough questioning and examination she seemed to really get to the root of the problem. With direct treatment there and then and exercises to do at home my shoulder pain dramatically reduced. This has helped not just my exercise but also my sleep and day to day activities. I would recommend her to anyone who has injuries related to sport or who is doing sports but also those with any musculoskeletal problems.”