Whatever sport you do, whether competitively or just for fun, most people experience a sports injury at some point or another. Injuries that limit you doing what you love best can be extremely frustrating, and affect your sense of well-being.
At Feel Better Osteopathy, we can help alleviate your pain, speed your recovery and get you back into your sport safely. Our individually tailored treatment and acdvice will also give you the best chance of staying injury-free in the future. As well as addressing your symptoms, we will advise on exercise and lifestyle modifications that will help prevent your pain recurring.
Osteopath, Emma Lipson has attended various courses on sports injuries including Tom Goom (AKA The Running Physio)’s excellent evidence-based course Running Repairs. Emma runs regularly herself, as well as doing her own strength and conditioning work. She therefore understands how frustrating it can be when injury stops you doing the sporting activities you love.
Common Types of Sports Injury Treated by Osteopaths
- Running injuries
- Ligament sprains
- Muscle strains or minor tears including rotator cuff injuries
- Tendinopathies including achilles tendinopathy and ‘tennis elbow’ (lateral epicondilitis)
- Bursitis
- Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome)
How can Osteopathy help with my Sports Injury?
We do a thorough assessment to work out what has caused your sports injury. This will inform our management plan including: the type of treatment, changes to training, rehabilitation exercise and other advice. Osteopathic treatment may include soft tissue massage, joint mobilisation and manipulation with the aim to reduce pain, improve ease of movement and get you back into the sport and exercise you love. Read more about osteopathic treatment.
The sooner you get treatment for your sports injury, the sooner you will be up and active.
“I would just like to say a massive thank you for the treatment you did on my back. I ran 18 miles at the weekend, without pain in my back, glutes or hamstrings. I was anxious about the race because of my lack of training and state of my legs. and didn’t think I would be able to get through it. After your treatment, my back and legs felt great, with no pain or stiffness. I feel this is a turning point now, having got rid of the stiffness. A big thank you again for getting me on the road to recovery.” J.M. (Club Runner / Competitor)