What is Sports Physiotherapy?
Sports Physiotherapy is an area in rehabilitation that is specifically concerned with the prevention of injury and the rehabilitation of the patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability.
Benefits of Sports Physiotherapy
Sports physiotherapy can benefit your team or athletes for the following reasons:
1. Injury prevention
2. Quick and Effective Response to Injury
3. Safe and Effective Return to Play
4. Higher Level Performing Athletes
1. Injury prevention
2. Quick and Effective Response to Injury
3. Safe and Effective Return to Play
4. Higher Level Performing Athletes
What a PHYSIOTHERAPIST does?
Injury Prevention
Assess the risk of injury associated with the participation in a specific sport or physical activity.
Reduction in occurrence and recurrence of specific injuries
Acute Intervention
Respond appropriately to an acute injury or illness in various contexts, such as training or competition
Rehabilitation
Utilize clinical reasoning and therapeutic skills to assess and diagnose sports-related injuries.
Designing, implementing, evaluating and modifying evidence-based interventions that aim for a safe return to the athlete's optimal level of performance in their specific sport or physical activity.
Performance Enhancement
Enhancement of the athlete's performance through evaluation of the athlete's physical or intervene to optimize performance in a specific sport
Sports Taping
Designed to support and provide additional stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body's range of motion. These are a temporary measure to help athletes at a time when they need it most during an event.
Assess the risk of injury associated with the participation in a specific sport or physical activity.
Reduction in occurrence and recurrence of specific injuries
Acute Intervention
Respond appropriately to an acute injury or illness in various contexts, such as training or competition
Rehabilitation
Utilize clinical reasoning and therapeutic skills to assess and diagnose sports-related injuries.
Designing, implementing, evaluating and modifying evidence-based interventions that aim for a safe return to the athlete's optimal level of performance in their specific sport or physical activity.
Performance Enhancement
Enhancement of the athlete's performance through evaluation of the athlete's physical or intervene to optimize performance in a specific sport
Sports Taping
Designed to support and provide additional stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body's range of motion. These are a temporary measure to help athletes at a time when they need it most during an event.
