SPORTS INJURIES

Among the most common sports injuries are:

• Shin splints
• Achilles tendinopathy
• Hamstring strain
• Ankle ligament injury
• Multiple or single ligament injury to the knee
• Direct impact injury
• Pulled groin

Improve Flexibility

A tailored programme of stretches may help your problem.

Speed up Recovery

When you are injured your body is programmed to repair itself.  Sometimes we just need a little helping hand to redirect or restart our healing processes, or even speed them up.

Release Muscle Tension

Tight or weak muscles do not feel comfortable when you try to perform well at your chosen sport.  A full assessment will determine what is short and or weak and why.  

Relieve Tired and Achey Muscles

Perhaps you feel tired when you run in one muscle before any other, or perhaps you have one area that aches more than it should after exercise?

 ULTRASOUND

Ultrasound is a form of mechanical energy.  Mechanical vibration at increasing frequencies is known as sound energy.  The normal human sound range is from 16Hz to something approaching 15 to 20,000Hz.  Beyond this upper limit the mechanical vibration is known as ultrasound.

Every tissue will absorb ultrasound differently but it is best absorbed by tendons, ligaments, scar tissue, joint capsules and fascia.  The depth of treatment is on average 2 - 4 cm.  It is used to treat inflammation and promote healing.

You should not feel anything except a mild warmth on some settings.

Joints can become stiff which impairs normal movement.  Sometimes mobilisation is used to free up segments of your spine or your other joints.

Soft Tissue Techniques include massage, trigger point, nerve gliding and friction massage.  These are used to decrease tension, improve pain, break up scar tissue or promote movement.

TAPING

Taping can be used to teach your brain how to better utilise its own muscular systems.  It can offload pain or rest previously strained structures.

1:1 PILATES & MUSCLE BALANCE TRAINING

Pilates and muscle balance go hand in hand.  Your body is just like a machine, with parts that rely on each other, in this case, deep muscles and superficial muscles, each with their own purpose.  Pilates helps to make you as efficient as you can be, working on your strength, function and muscle patterning from the inside out.