Slowing you down when running. Helping you change direction. Allowing you to jump upward for a catch. The knees are important to your ability to play sports for many reasons.
However, they’re also likely to be injured. In fact, medical researchers report that almost 50% of all knee injuries in the U.S. every year are caused by playing sports. Turning to a physical therapist for help with your knee injury is an excellent move. These specialists can help you learn what type of injury you have, and they can also develop a sports injury rehab plan specifically for your injury.
What are common knee injuries from playing sports?
When you’ve injured your knee playing a sport like soccer or football, sports injury rehab can be effective for treating it. Physical therapists are experts at dealing with many parts of your musculoskeletal system, including your knees. A few of the injuries that these specialists commonly see in the knees of athletes are:
Physical therapy methods that could be used in your sports injury rehab for a knee injury
Your physical therapist will create a rehab plan customized for your sports injury. Your unique treatment plan may make use of many therapy methods. Some of the treatment techniques your physical therapist could include in your therapy plan are:
- Manual therapy — Your physical therapist uses their hands to manipulate and mobilize the knee.
- Functional dry needling — Thin needles can be used to break up trigger points in soft tissue around the knee.
- Aquatic therapy — Your physical therapist may have you perform exercises and other therapy modalities in a heated pool.
- Virtual therapy — Meeting with your physical therapist over a secure live video feed
- At-home care — A physical therapy appointment that takes place in your home
- Athletic performance training — This training is focused on helping you increase your speed, strength and agility in ways that reduce your risk of future injuries.
Border Therapy Services can help with all your sports injury rehab needs
Our Border Therapy Services team is dedicated to creating the best physical therapy treatment plan possible for you. To accomplish this goal, our team of physical therapists will first perform a free screening on your knee to determine exactly which of its structures have been affected by your injury. Our physical therapists will then create an individualized therapy plan for you that’s intended to reduce your knee injury symptoms.
If you live in or near El Paso and would like additional information about our sports injury therapy services or to sign up for an initial appointment for a knee injury, contact us today.
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