Sports Injuries
At Abbotsford Sports & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy all of our practitioners are trained to work with athletes and help them recover from sports injuries. Our practitioners can develop strengthening, balance, aerobic, and balance exercise plans to prevent injury and improve sport performance. We offer treatment for both acute (sudden) and chronic (overuse) sport or athletic injuries.
Common sports injuries include:
- shin splints
- knee injuries
- ankle sprains/ strains
- wrist sprains/ strains
- concussion
- neck or low back injury
- rotator cuff injury
- joint dislocation (shoulder separation, shoulder dislocation)
- fractures
- golfer’s elbow/ tennis elbow
- muscle strains
- ligament sprains
- stress fractures
- meniscus tears
- achilles tendon rupture or tendinopathy
- groin strains
- quadricep/ hamstring strains
- overuse injuries
Treatment options:
- manual therapy & manipulation
- patient education – how long to rest and when is safe to return to activity, how to improve athletic performance, strengthening and range of motion exercises
- Soft tissue release therapy – on tight or injured muscles
- exercise rehabilitation & home exercise programs
- strengthening, range of motion, stretching, balance, aerobic , sport specific training exercises
- Intramuscular Stimulation
- cervical & lumbar traction
- Shockwave therapy
- LASER therapy , ultrasound
- sport injury prevention- pre rehab athletic/ sport physiotherapy
- electrotherapy
- cryotherapy/ heat therapy
- instrument assisted soft tissue release
- therapeutic taping (K taping, sprain taping, joint taping)
- kinesiology