Sports Injuries and the Osteopath

Albert Road Osteopaths can help with prevention or treatment whether you’re an enthusiastic amateur or an elite professional for sporting injuries such as:

  • Osteopaths treat sports injuriesLow back pain (with or without sciatica).
  • Muscle and ligament injuries.
  • Knee pain (including lack of mobility and degenerative conditions).
  • Shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries.
  • Foot and ankle complaints.
  • Reduced joint flexibility (e.g. suffered by golfers who can’t rotate as well as they used to).
  • Mechanical limitations (e.g. suffered by gymnasts having difficulty in doing full splits).
  • Tennis and golfer’s elbow.
  • Runner’s and Jumper’s knee.
  • Tendonitis, sprains and strains

We can care for a wide range of individuals from athletes preparing for events such as marathons through to those using sport as part of their weekly fitness regime who need help overcoming difficulties and injuries alike. In all cases injuries can affect your ability to enjoy your sport as well as affect your livelihood.

Albert Road Osteopaths can help correct a problem and also help you with stretching exercises to help develop muscles and avoid future joint injuries.

Osteopaths are increasingly being asked to treat sports injuries by sportsmen and women. An osteopath has unique skills and a detailed knowledge of how the body works and this can benefit many types of athlete.

The manual techniques used by an osteopath give the body the best environment for repair, as well as enabling it to function at its best.

Serious injuries would of course be referred for immediate investigation to eliminate bony or irreparable ligamentous damage.