SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPY

Sports physiotherapy is a branch of physical therapy that is geared towards both athletes & casual players who have suffered on injury or ongoing problem occured during sports activities .

Sports physiotherapy helps the athletes to enhance his or her body flexibility so as to be able to give an optimum level of performence.

Sports physiotherapist are involved in the prevention & management of injuries resulting from sports & exercise participation at all ages & at all level of ability.

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MANUAL THERAPY

Manual therapy is a clinical approach based on skiled hand-on therapy to decrease pain & improve the mobility to joints, soft tissue & nerves.Patients with acute & chronic pain & joint stifness & muscle tension can benefit from manual therapy. Their aim is to increase joint mobility & pain free range of movement as well as a better circulation within the joint.Joint mobilisation or manipulations are passive movement applied to a joint. Manual therapy of the soft tissues is the application of manual pressure to the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments & fascia.The soft tissue manual therapy technique are- muscle energy technique MET, myofascial release, tigger points release, neural mobilisation, visceral manipulation. Mobilisation with movement is application of manually applied accessory joint glide with pain free active movement.

DRY NEEDLING THERAPY

dry needling therapy is an invasive procedure where a fine needle or acupuncture needle is inserted into the skin & muscle. dry needling is a technique that physiotherapist used to treat musculoskeletal pain & movement issues.It always use a part of a larger pain management plan that could include exercise ,stretching, massage . Dry needling is applied to muscles & tissues for decrease tightness, increase blood flow & reduce local or refferred pain & it breckdown highly sensitive & painful tigger point which develop in muscles.

THERAPEUTIC MODALITY

A modality is a methord tool or type of treatment used by a physiotherapist. Therapeutic modalities refer to the administration of thermal,mechanical, electromagnetic & light energies for therapeutic purpose.They are commonly used to relief pain ,reduce inflammation,improve circulation ,tissue healing ,scar tissue remodelling,increase renge of motion ,enhance muscle activation ,reduce oedema.The therapeutic modalities are- ultrasound ,transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation,interferential therapy,laser therapy,cryo therapy,mechanical traction ,muscles stimulator.

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