Sports Injuries
Whether you’re an enthusiastic amateur or an elite professional, an osteopath can help with the prevention and treatment of common sports injuries.
Sports injuries may include pains and strains such as; lower back pain (with or without sciatica), muscle and ligament injuries, knee pain (including lack of mobility and degenerative conditions), shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries, and foot and ankle complaints.
Functional sports injuries may include reduced joint flexibility (e.g. suffered by golfers who can’t rotate as well as they used to) and mechanical limitations (e.g. suffered by gymnasts having difficulty in doing full “splits”).
Sports Injuries – Overuse
Sports injuries can also be caused by overuse such as tennis and golfer’s elbow, jumper’s knee, tenosynovitis and tendonitis.
Recurrent injuries may be due to an underlying problem, such as postural changes, as a result of old injuries that have not been resolved. These changes can lead to compensatory muscular imbalances and joint restriction. Both of these types of sports injuries can be identified, and treated, by skilled osteopathic assessment.
Sports Injuries – Natural Healing
Osteopathy is a natural approach to healthcare and an ideal treatment for most sports injuries.
Pain-killers and Sports Injuries, Do’s and Don’ts
It is never advisable to take pain relief before taking part in high-impact activities or physical work. This is because without the feedback from your body’s nervous system, it is easy to over-use and re-damage injured muscles and ligaments.
Although it is always better not to take drugs, as they all have side effects, they can be useful in some circumstances. lf muscle pain is preventing you from sleeping, this can have a serious effect on your whole life, and it is worth a compromise of the side effects of the pain-killers for a good nights sleep.
Pain-killing drugs can sometimes counteract the effectiveness of other medication you may be taking, and in some cases can be very harmful. Therefore it is important to check with your Doctor or Pharmacist as to whether they are appropriate, or indeed safe.
Some inflammatory conditions will benefit from NSAID (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) but again, it must be remembered that they may reduce inflammation but not the cause of the inflammation. Also they can cause stomach problems in some cases.
Avenue Osteopath Sutton, Surrey – Nearby Towns
Avenue Osteopath Sutton, Surrey is near the towns of Stoneleigh, Ewell, Worcester Park, Epsom, Morden and New Malden.
