SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
A physiotherapist is a health care professional that examines, diagnoses and treats a patient’s injury. Specifically, a sports physiotherapist is involved in a particular area of physiotherapy, dealing with injured athletes. Treatments for athletes may range from personally designed stretching and exercise programs, to providing education on how to prevent injuries. Sport physiotherapists differ from normal physiotherapists as the athletes they attend to perform at a high level and constantly place extreme demand on their bodies- including their muscles, bones and joints. Also, sports physiotherapists undertake further studies specifically in the management of sports injuries. The skills of a sports physiotherapist would …show more content…
An ankle brace is a stretchy or stiff garment that provides constraint and strengthens the supporting action of the ankle ligaments. The laced/strapped up ankle braces are a recommended rather than the pulled on ankle braces, as the laced/strapped up braces feature metal or plastic reinforcements on wither side of the ankle to restrict specific movements and prevent future injury to the ankle. The ankle brace should be used at all times, especially during the …show more content…
The stress put upon the tennis player’s lumbar spine results in a ‘stress reaction’ in the pars interarticularis bone; which may lead to a partial ‘stress’ fracture, or even a complete fracture of the bone. This bone injury is especially common amongst adolescent tennis players because the pars interarticularis bone is elongated during their growth period- making it thin, weak, and therefore susceptible to this injury. As a result of this injury’s nature, it is classified as an overuse and hard tissue
A physiotherapist is a health care professional that examines, diagnoses and treats a patient’s injury. Specifically, a sports physiotherapist is involved in a particular area of physiotherapy, dealing with injured athletes. Treatments for athletes may range from personally designed stretching and exercise programs, to providing education on how to prevent injuries. Sport physiotherapists differ from normal physiotherapists as the athletes they attend to perform at a high level and constantly place extreme demand on their bodies- including their muscles, bones and joints. Also, sports physiotherapists undertake further studies specifically in the management of sports injuries. The skills of a sports physiotherapist would …show more content…
An ankle brace is a stretchy or stiff garment that provides constraint and strengthens the supporting action of the ankle ligaments. The laced/strapped up ankle braces are a recommended rather than the pulled on ankle braces, as the laced/strapped up braces feature metal or plastic reinforcements on wither side of the ankle to restrict specific movements and prevent future injury to the ankle. The ankle brace should be used at all times, especially during the …show more content…
The stress put upon the tennis player’s lumbar spine results in a ‘stress reaction’ in the pars interarticularis bone; which may lead to a partial ‘stress’ fracture, or even a complete fracture of the bone. This bone injury is especially common amongst adolescent tennis players because the pars interarticularis bone is elongated during their growth period- making it thin, weak, and therefore susceptible to this injury. As a result of this injury’s nature, it is classified as an overuse and hard tissue