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If you are considering an investment in shockwave therapy for your clinic, you are certainly not alone. Shockwave is one of the most popular upgrade options being considered by clinic owners these days despite its ostensibly steep cost. However, when one comes to recognize the wide range of conditions that can be treated by these…
In this post, we will list 5 common sports injuries and describe their symptoms in order to help someone who may be suffering from one of them to recognize the possible cause. In many cases, it may not be possible to see a physiotherapist for treatment for a few days, so we will also provide…
In this post, we shall present 5 useful and interesting home based sports injury prevention tips that we hope will be useful to anyone responsible for treating athletes or physically active individuals. As the saying goes ” An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. It therefore makes sense to take sensible precautions…
In recent years, there has been a noticeable growth in the recognition of the importance of the role of proprioception in sports medicine. In this post, we will first describe what proprioception is and then move on to discuss some commonly asked questions about it. What Is Proprioception? Proprioception refers to the body’s ability to…
Manual therapy has been an important part of sports medicine for most of its history. In this article, we will raise 4 important questions on the role of manual therapy techniques in sports medicine and attempt to provide useful answers. It is our hope that this article will help you come away with a greater…
In this article, we look at various aspects of sports physical therapy including its history, the scope of injuries and treatments that it covers and how it differs from regular or mainstream physiotherapy. Sports physical therapy is one of the largest specialty areas of physiotherapy and,as such, is an area that attracts a significant amount…