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Sports Injuries

Although virtually any part of your body can be injured during sports or exercise, the term is usually reserved for injuries that involve the musculoskeletal system, which includes the muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and associated tissues like cartilage.

The term sports injury, in the broadest sense, refers to the kinds of injuries that occur during sports or exercise or develop afterwards. Many lower limb sports injuries result from poor training practices, muscle imbalances i.e. weak or tight muscle groups, improper or inadequate footwear, lack of conditioning, poor nutrition, insufficient warm up and mal-alignment 0f joints. Any of these factors in isolation or combination often result in incorrect biomechanics and subsequent injuries as the body is unable to deal with the resultant abnormal stresses.

Management of injuries should be directed towards repair and recovery as well as introducing factors which may prevent recurrence of the injury.  In this case it would be orthotics/insoles/exercises which would address any incorrect foot and lower limb biomechanics. It is not unusual for even small mal-alignments to be the underlying cause of a problem and prevent the sports person from shaking the injury off. A poor foot position can reduce and delay a person’s ability to rehab a knee, hip or soft tissue area due to its impact on the biomechanics and alignment of the joint/muscles.

 

 

SPORTS INJURIES