What is Sports Therapy?

Sports therapy is the specifically concerned with the prevention of injury and rehabilitation of the patient back to the optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability.

• A Sports therapist has the ability to provide the best care, management and rehabilitation for sport and recreational participants, regardless of age and ability.
• It utilises the principles of sport and exercise sciences incorporating physiological and pathological processes to prepare the participant for training, competition and where applicable, work
• Examination and assessment of musculoskeletal injuries (spinal and peripheral joints)
• Planning and implementing appropriate treatment regimes for the injured individual
• Soft tissue manipulation and sports massage pre and post activity
• The rehabilitation of the patient/athlete back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness
• Utilising sports and exercise principles to optimise preparation and injury prevention programmes
• Electrotherapy including modalities such as ultrasound, interferential, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and laser

Only those Sports Therapists that are members of the Society of Sports Therapists are deemed as meeting the required levels of competencies and knowledge necessary to be covered by the Professional Indemnity Insurance. At The English Treatment we meet all the high standards typical of Sports Therapists.

Visit http://www.society-of-sports-therapists.org to learn more.