Barrow & District Physiotherapy
Sports Therapy and Injury Rehabilitation
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Sports Therapy and Injury Rehabilitation
At Barrow & District Physiotherapy we provide a bespoke Sports Therapy service to meet your needs and standards.
You will first be given a comprehensive and thorough initial assessment to determine your needs and ascertain what the main problems are and how best to treat these problems.
Injuries in sport can vary considerably, but can include acute injuries, muscle strains, sprained ligaments or tendons, tendinitis, tears, dislocations, pre and post surgery rehabilitation.
And can also include dysfunction in movement, strength, balance, co-ordination as well as any sports specific function.
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What are exercise programmes?
Exercise programmes are designed for a number of reasons including;
- Promoting overall Physical and Mental health
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Increasing movement
- Strength conditioning
- Functional related
- Aerobic and Anaerobically based
- Barrow & District Physiotherapy can personalise exercises depending on your goals
What are the benefits of exercise programmes?
There are a number of great outcomes having completed exercise programmes including;
- Improving recovery time from an injury/operation or health condition
- Improving muscle strength
- Increasing your muscle flexibility
- Improving heart and lung efficiency
- Reduces pain
- Can help promote more efficient sleep patterns
- Improvement in general overall fitness levels
- Helps create a more positive lifestyle and outlook
- Increases the “feel good” hormones dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytoxin
- Helps with your balance, coordination and proprioception
- Improves own self-esteem and confidence levels
- Improves your mobility
What will be included in my exercise programme?
At Barrow and District Physiotherapy you will first be given a full initial assessment, whereby your Physiotherapist will gather information from you to help develop your main aims and goals and to work towards an exercises programme that will suit your rehabilitation needs. This may include the following:
- Strength and conditioning
- Mobilising joints
- Stretching muscles
- Pain management discussions and advice. Which may include seeking advice from your GP.
- Muscle control and endurance
- Functional exercises
- Sport specific exercises
- Balance and proprioception exercises
Who will benefit from an exercise programme?
Your specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist will design a programme to suit your rehabilitation and health needs. Here are some of the reasons why exercise programmes at Barrow & District Physiotherapy are included:
- Depression / anxiety or stress related
- To prepare for an event
- Pain relief and management
- Maintaining overall fitness levels
- Weakness
- Stiffness
- Loss of mobility or movement
- Loss of function
How will an exercise programme help me?
Some of the benefits of exercise at Barrow & District Physiotherapy include:
- Increases the size and strength of muscle fibres
- Increase bone strength, bone density, increase tenson and ligament strength
- Promotes healing
- Increases the length of ligaments, tendons and muscles
- Increases blood supply to the muscles
- Reduces pain
- Decreases swelling
- Promotes health and well-being
- Promotes normal functional movement
- Relaxes the muscles