BLOG: Five KEY reasons for choosing sport therapy

September 26, 2022 Martin Crowson

Sports therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is specifically concerned with the prevention of injury.

Sports therapy sessions are designed to help get a patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational or sport-specific fitness.

It utilises the principles for exercise, physiological and pathological processes to prepare the participant for training and competition.

Here are five key reasons to book in for a sports therapy session

Sports service don’t just work with injured people

Sports therapists also work with those people who are keen to prevent injuries and reduce the risk of picking up niggles in the future. If you are looking to improve your performance in whatever your chosen activity, sports therapy can assist by analysing your movement, increasing your efficiency, and enhancing the outcome.

The prevention of injuries is just as important as recovery

You can reduce the risk of injuries happening by increasing the muscles and muscle strength in certain areas of your body.

Increased flexibility will help keep injury away

Add increased flexibility and these three elements can combine to help reduce the risk of an injury happening in the first place. In turn, this will reduce any time previously lost to injuries and enhance your performance by maintaining your ability to train more and for longer.

Rehab spells can be hugely beneficial if done correctly

Rehabilitation needs to be done properly to fully work and sports therapists will guide patients and athletes through it every step of the way until they return to the things they love doing. Using Sport Tape and other techniques, sports therapists will work with you to improve your range of movement, reduce swelling, enhance flexibility, promote muscle growth and increase strength in the key areas.

They will also do field-based tests prior to your return to activity, which will include: hopping jumping change of direction and actual sporting activities.

Sports therapists will inform and educate

Throughout the whole process, Optimum Derby will educate you and inform you at every process. We are here to answer any questions of your exercises or rehabilitation and are always available to contact. We will also check on you to see your progress on a regular basis. It’s the way we do things!