If you're struggling to stay physically fit, it's time to take a closer look at your healthcare team. If you don't currently have a physiotherapist as part of your healthcare team, you might not be as fit as you'd like to be. You might think that physiotherapists are primarily there to help you recover from injuries, but that's not the case. Physiotherapists can provide you with benefits that you might not have considered, all designed to make you feel better.
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Whether you're a keen amateur or a seasoned professional, a sports injury can stop you in your tracks. Across the world sports people of all stripes rely on massage to treat the injuries they sustain when engaging in sport.
What causes sports injuries?
Sports injuries are common in athletes, because the demands placed on sporting bodies are so much greater than what is required of most people in their day to day lives.
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If you're suffering from Pelvic Girdle Pain (you're not alone. PGP, sometimes known as SPD or Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction) refers to pain women get in their pelvic region during pregnancy, and it affects around 20% of pregnant women. Thankfully, PGP is not a sentence you have to bear for your entire pregnancy. There are many ways to reduce or eliminate pelvic pain during pregnancy. Here are a few you can try:
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Shockwave therapy is a non-surgical therapy that's commonly used in treating pains and impairments. Due to its effectiveness, shockwave therapy has the potential of replacing surgical procedures for orthopedic disorders -- therefore putting an end to associated surgical risks. The therapy operates by carrying high energy to the patient's painful spots. This high energy facilitates regeneration and reparative processes of the tendons, bones, and other soft tissues. There are several medical effects generated by the therapy that leads to repair and healing processes.
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Sciatica is a painful condition caused by a trapped nerve in your lower back. It typically affects one side of your body and can cause numbness and shooting pain down through your back and into your leg. The pain is often constant and can impact your ability to work and socialise.
Sciatica is commonly caused by a slipped disk, which bulges out and puts too much pressure on your sciatic nerve.
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