Sports injuries
Some of the more common Sports Specific Injuries we can treat.
NECK
- whiplash / trauma
SHOULDER
- Rotator cuff tears
- Acromio-clavicular injuries
- Throwing injuries, weight-training injuries
- Post-dislocations or surgery
- Repetitive overuse injuries
- Impingement syndrome
ELBOW
- Golfers elbow
- Tennis elbow
- Post-surgery or dislocation
WRIST
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervains tenosynovitis
- Post-surgery / cast removal
BACK
- Pain from sustained postures – Eg, running, cycling, rowing
- Poor core stability strength affecting the lumbar spine
- Pelvic injuries through trauma or repetition – Eg Running
- Sacro-iliac joint (SIJ) disorders
HIP & LEG
- Ilio Tibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
- Groin strains
- Abdominal strains referring pain to the hip
- Hamstring, Quadricep (thigh) strains
- Calf strains
- Achilles tendon injuries
- ‘Shin splints’ (an outdated term referring to a variety of specific conditions)
KNEE
- Runners knee
- ITBS (as per the hip, it can be felt anywhere between the hip and outer knee)
- Medial / Inner knee pain (usually the Medial Collateral Ligament – MCL)
- Patella mal-tracking
- Patella tendinopathy
- Osgood Schlatters Disease, Sinding Larsen Johanson Disease (usually mid-late teenage years) Bursitis
- Rehabilitation following surgery – Eg, ACL repair, arthroscopy to remove worn / damaged cartilage
FOOT & ANKLE
- Sprains / inversion injuries
- Over pronation / over supination injuries
- Flat arches / high arches
- Plantar fasciitis
- Post-surgery / plaster removal
If you have a sports related injury that isn’t in the above list, call us and see if its something we can help with. The above is merely a list of the more common injuries.
