Sports injury physiotherapy Brisbane southside.
Sport injuries are incredibly common. In 2016-17, 58,500 people were hospitalised in Australia for a sport injury with 1 in 10 being life threatening. The highest incidence of sport injuries occurs in football (all codes) which accounts for 38% of sporting hospitalisations, the highest occurring with males aged 25-44. Sport injuries can occur from direct collision with an object or another player, or from internal factors such as poor biomechanics during an activity. Some of the most frequent sporting injuries include fractures, ligament and muscle tears (see our Sprains and Strains section) and concussion.
Fractures can present in a variety of ways. When repetitive overuse or maladaptive biomechanics occur repetitively this can cause stress fractures. Stress fractures are commonly seen in the tarsals of the feet and the tibia of the leg and typically present sometimes with swelling around the area with an exacerbation of pain with activity (such as sport and training) and symptoms are eased by rest. A thorough history is required as stress fractures (particularly shin splints) can present similarly to more severe conditions such as nerve or artery entrapment and compartment syndrome. Treatment for stress fractures is often a regression in training loads, correcting biomechanics, and strengthening the muscles around the area to reduce stress on the bone.
Other fractures can be more serious, such as complete break in the cortex of the bone. These often occur with high forces such as mechanical pressure, or abnormal force applied to the bone. A traumatic fracture will present with swelling, pain, a possible visual deformity at the location of the break and loss of function acutely. Fractures are managed conservatively firstly through bony re-alignment and a period of immobilisation. Following immobilisation, physiotherapy is often required to restore function. Post-fracture, there is often weakness and atrophy of the surrounding muscles, reduced range and muscle length shortening and a loss of proprioception at adjacent joints. Physiotherapy can aid in improving muscle strength and length deficits and can work to get you back to safely playing sport, sooner.
Concussions are a form of mild traumatic brain injury that occurs when a force is transferred through the head, causing the brain to hit the inside wall of the skull. Concussions most often occur in contact sports, such as during a tackle or a fall from a jump. On initial impact, there are many changes to the chemicals inside the brain cause damage which can trigger nausea, confusion and irritability, headache, loss of consciousness, balance, and visual disturbances or even seizure. Treatment of concussion is an immediate rest period for 24-48 hours and following this, a graded exposure to school, work and activity commences with a return to activity after medical clearance after the 2-3-week mark. However, concussion symptoms can persist, this is known as post-concussion disorder (PCD), which physiotherapists improve through vestibular rehabilitation and often with cervical spine (neck) manual therapy and treatment techniques.
If you have been injured during sport, there are many things that our Tarragindi physiotherapists can do to help get you back to being sport ready and active again so come in and speak to our friendly physiotherapists today! Feel free to give our Tarragindi Physiotherapy clinic a call on 07 3706 3407 or email [email protected]
Fractures can present in a variety of ways. When repetitive overuse or maladaptive biomechanics occur repetitively this can cause stress fractures. Stress fractures are commonly seen in the tarsals of the feet and the tibia of the leg and typically present sometimes with swelling around the area with an exacerbation of pain with activity (such as sport and training) and symptoms are eased by rest. A thorough history is required as stress fractures (particularly shin splints) can present similarly to more severe conditions such as nerve or artery entrapment and compartment syndrome. Treatment for stress fractures is often a regression in training loads, correcting biomechanics, and strengthening the muscles around the area to reduce stress on the bone.
Other fractures can be more serious, such as complete break in the cortex of the bone. These often occur with high forces such as mechanical pressure, or abnormal force applied to the bone. A traumatic fracture will present with swelling, pain, a possible visual deformity at the location of the break and loss of function acutely. Fractures are managed conservatively firstly through bony re-alignment and a period of immobilisation. Following immobilisation, physiotherapy is often required to restore function. Post-fracture, there is often weakness and atrophy of the surrounding muscles, reduced range and muscle length shortening and a loss of proprioception at adjacent joints. Physiotherapy can aid in improving muscle strength and length deficits and can work to get you back to safely playing sport, sooner.
Concussions are a form of mild traumatic brain injury that occurs when a force is transferred through the head, causing the brain to hit the inside wall of the skull. Concussions most often occur in contact sports, such as during a tackle or a fall from a jump. On initial impact, there are many changes to the chemicals inside the brain cause damage which can trigger nausea, confusion and irritability, headache, loss of consciousness, balance, and visual disturbances or even seizure. Treatment of concussion is an immediate rest period for 24-48 hours and following this, a graded exposure to school, work and activity commences with a return to activity after medical clearance after the 2-3-week mark. However, concussion symptoms can persist, this is known as post-concussion disorder (PCD), which physiotherapists improve through vestibular rehabilitation and often with cervical spine (neck) manual therapy and treatment techniques.
If you have been injured during sport, there are many things that our Tarragindi physiotherapists can do to help get you back to being sport ready and active again so come in and speak to our friendly physiotherapists today! Feel free to give our Tarragindi Physiotherapy clinic a call on 07 3706 3407 or email [email protected]
