Sports Injuries
If you love playing sports, a sports injury is bound to happen at some point in your life. Although it’ll undoubtedly feel devastating at the time, an injury doesn’t have to take you out of the game forever.
By getting quality treatment for sports injuries, you can reduce your risk of permanent damage and improve your chances of making a full recovery. The sooner you get care, the better, too, which is why it’s important to get in touch with our team at Basecamp Physical Therapy right away.
Types of Sports Injuries
Common sports injuries vary depending on the sport type and overall competition level. Soccer players often experience ankle sprains, while football players are more likely to suffer a knee injury.
Other types of injuries include:
- Dislocations
- Concussions
- Bone fractures
- Tendinitis
- Bursitis
Bruises and lacerations occur most often in all sports. Improving your balance and flexibility with help from a physical therapist can help you avoid those injuries and many more.
Why Get Prompt Care
There are many benefits of getting prompt care for your sports injury from our physical therapists, such as:
- Get an accurate diagnosis: Our physical therapists can use their expertise and diagnostic test results to evaluate your injury and make an accurate diagnosis. You will then know what you’re up against and can work with your therapist to create a treatment plan.
- Avoid complications: When left untreated, sports injuries can cause many complications and even result in lasting pain. Treatment by our physical therapists will get you on the road to recovery and prevent complications.
- Recover much faster: Targeted treatment can help you recover from your sports injuries much faster than just trying to RICE and wait it out. Our physical therapists can create a personalized treatment for you and adjust as needed throughout the healing process.
- Prevent future injuries: Our physical therapists can help you avoid future injuries by ensuring the original injury heals properly. We’re also well-versed in helping you improve your flexibility and balance.
Suffering a physical injury can impact your mental health, but your physical therapist can help with that as well. With our support and guidance, you can cope with the emotional challenges linked to recovering from the injury. You’ll enjoy a much more positive mindset as a result, which can accelerate healing even more.
Sports Injury Treatments
Our physical therapy team can provide all the treatments you need to recover from sports injuries, including:
- Therapeutic exercises
- Manual therapy techniques
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Ultrasound pain management
- Functional training
We can also complete a gait and movement analysis to help reduce the risk of re-injury in the future. Once you’re ready to return to your sport, our team will help you plan for that transition and safely ease into the game.
Get Prompt Care at Our Flagstaff Physical Therapy Clinic
If you’ve recently suffered a sports injury, it’s time to get care at our Flagstaff physical therapy clinic. You can just give us a call, and we’ll help you find a convenient time to come in. We look forward to helping you make a full recovery and return to playing your favorite sports, so please feel free to get in touch today.
