Playing with your kids. Getting into and out of the shower. Focusing on your work. These are just a few of the normal daily tasks that can be harder when you have a sports injury.
Sports are a great way to stay fit and healthy, but they can also lead to a wide range of injuries. Sports injuries happen far more often than most people might think. It’s estimated that about 33% of all childhood injuries occur while playing sports. A physical therapist can help you or your loved ones recover from sports injuries with a sports injury rehab plan.
Some injuries that require sports injury rehab plans
When you seek sports injury rehab from a physical therapist, you may be suffering from a common sports injury. These specialists can help you deal with a wide range of sports injuries. This is possible thanks to the many therapy methods at their disposal.
Here are three injuries that physical therapists commonly see:
- Patellofemoral syndrome — One type of injury that we can help you deal with is patellofemoral syndrome. This injury may be caused by any slip or trip that causes you to fall heavily onto your knees while you’re playing a sport. It often results in severe pain and decreased ability to move your knee.
- Concussions — Another injury that a physical therapist can help you with is the bane of every impact-sport player: the concussion. Your physical therapist can use several types of therapy methods to help reduce the headaches and dizziness that can result from a concussion.
- Hip flexor strain — A third common type of injury a physical therapist can help you with is a hip flexor strain. This injury is what happens when the hip flexor muscles on the upper front part of your thigh are overworked in some way by your athletic activities.
Find sports injury rehab at Border Therapy Services
No matter which of these or other sports injuries you need treatment for, our team of physical therapists at Border Therapy Services can help you create a rehab plan to recover. We’ll start by performing a free screening that can reveal the injury you have. Then, our team will build you a personalized physical therapy plan designed to reduce your symptoms. Some of the physical therapy methods we may incorporate into your rehab plan include:
- Therapeutic exercises
- Aquatic therapy
- Manual therapy
- Functional dry needling
- Virtual care
- At-home therapy
Take the next to start getting our help with your sports injury recovery. Contact us today for more information about how we can help treat your sports injury or to schedule an initial appointment.