What is Sports Therapy?
Sports Therapy is an aspect of health care that encompasses safe and effective principles of fitness to prevent injury, rehabilitate a patient and support them in getting to their optimal performance levels.
What can a Sports Therapist help you with?
Optimise sporting performance through prescribed personal fitness programs and exercise guidance
Preparation for sports training and competition
Recovery from sport and competition
Fitness evaluation and monitoring
Immediate injury treatment and rehabilitation of sporting injuries
Sports massage
Electrotherapy
Injury prevention
Strapping and taping (including Kinesiology taping)
Postural, biomechanical and gait analysis
Nutritional advice
Relaxation and well-being
Benefits of Sports Therapy
Improved sporting performance in training and competitions
Improved overall level of fitness
Effective injury management
Returning to full fitness as fast and as safely as possible
Reduced risk of re-injury
Reduced muscular pain
Reduced fatigue
Improved flexibility
Improved posture and gait
Improved diet
Reduced stress