What is Sports Therapy?
Firstly, and most importantly, sports therapy is not just for professionals or athletes, it is for everyone!
Anyone can benefit from the treatments offered by CJW Sports & Massage Therapy, whether you are 18 or 80, participate in sport or exercise seriously or for fun or whether you have an active or sedentary occupation.
Over the years, sports therapy has progressed from just treating injured athletes, to dealing with many common muscular complaints such as back pain, mobility problems, postural problems and work related conditions.
All treatment sessions will be tailored to meet your individual needs to ensure that you can return to your normal way of life as soon as possible.
Benefits & Objectives of Sports Therapy
Sports Therapy treatments have an amazing effect on a variety of problems, such as:
- Muscular aches and pains
- Strains and sprains
- Neck and back pain
- Migraines and headaches
- Chronic lower back pain
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Bad circulation
- Arthritis and painful joints
The main objectives of sports therapy are:
- Treatment and rehabilitation of injuries
- Prevention of injuries
- Improved sporting performance
- Improved recovery from activity
- Improved strength, flexibility, co-ordination, power and endurance
- Identification of individual strengths and weaknesses
- Improvements in posture, body contours, body awareness and well-being.
Types of Injuries & Common Injuries
Injuries are commonly caused by overuse, a direct impact or the application of force that is greater than the body part can structurally withstand.
An acute injury is one that occurs as a direct result of a sudden event, such as a sprained ankle caused by falling awkwardly.
A chronic injury is one that is caused by overusing the same muscle group or joint, such as tennis elbow.
Whether your injury is acute or chronic, if the pain persists, you should seek advice, because you could be hurt more severely than you realise.
There are hundreds of different types of injuries that can occur in the human body; however certain body parts tend to be more prone to damage than others. Some of the most common injuries include:
- Ankle sprains
- Groin strain
- Cramp
- Knee ligament strains & tears
- Hamstring strain
- Runners knee
- Shin splints
- Frozen shoulder
- Stress fractures
- Achilles tendonitis
- Neck and back pain
- Tennis/golf elbow
- Foot arch pain
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Sports Nutrition Advice
Sports nutrition is the study and practice of nutrition and diet as it relates to athletic performance. It is a science that produces or provides and maintains the food necessary for health, growth and physical performance.
Sports nutrition has many goals to enhance performance.
Firstly, it improves performance by improving body composition, which increases speed, quickness, mobility, and strength.
Secondly, it will help the speed of recovery, which will in turn create more capacity for practicing and competition as the body is becoming more fit and adjusted to the coupling of the good nutrition incorporated into the workout regime.
Thirdly, it will allow you to increase energy for both practice and competition, which will definitely help your performance.
Strategic diet will also increase immunity, allowing you to stay healthy and be able to continue and intensify practice and training. Most importantly, it will improve your overall health as proper health is essential to all aspects of life.
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