Clinical Sports Therapy

What is Clinical Sports Therapy?

Sports Therapy is for anyone. It does not matter whether the exercise you do is to run 10 k daily or walking to the fridge. If you become injured or get a niggle that does not seem to be going away, sports therapy will help. Do not be put off by the title! Sports Therapist provide support for recovery from injuries, aches and pains.

Sports Therapy concentrates on both the prevention and recovery of injury. This includes rehabilitation. The focus is to return the client to an optimum level of previous functional level whether it be sports or occupational fitness, regardless of age and ability.

The techniques that are utilised incorporate exercise, science, physiological and pathological processes. The goal is to prepare the injured party to live without restriction, through hand-on treatment and rehabilitation. This allows the client to return to whatever they wish to do.

A Sports Therapist does not work exclusively just with sports people Whilst sports therapy is extremely important to athletes, the therapist concentrates on injury and recovery in the general public that would not be under the terms of ‘Sports therapist’

They can specialises in aspects of soft tissue injuries and issue. Soft tissue include fascia, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. A Sports Therapist manipulates the myofascial and skeletal system. The massage treatment modalities can included remedial or deep tissue massage, muscles energy techniques, trigger point therapy, strengthening, exercising and PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching. Key skills for Sports Therapists:

• Good interpersonal skills

• Conscientiousness

• Empathy

• Ability to form strong relationships with people from diverse backgrounds

• Ability to deal sensitively with injured clients

• Motivational communication style

  Sports Therapy encompasses

• Examining and assessing injuries

• Advise on appropriate treatment

• Administering treatment for minor injuries such as strains and sprains

• Giving massages

• Applying strapping and taping techniques to provide support

• Advising about warming up stretching and exercises

• Designing and implementing rehabilitation programmes

• Collaborating with all parties to injury prevention programmes

• Prepare injured parties to live without restriction both physically and mentally

• Referring individuals to appropriate medical practitioners for further treatment

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