Sports therapists give advice to sport and exercise participants on how to train and compete safely, as well as treat injuries and assist with rehabilitation. Their aim is to prevent injuries and to help those who are injured to return to full fitness.
Management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body including muscles, ligaments and tendons. Sports massage can help relieve muscle tension and pain, prevent injury, speed injury recovery, reduce soreness after sporting activity and enhance performance as part of your training regime.
Working with you (and your coaches/trainers) to implement exercise, conditioning, core stability and injury prevention programmes, tailored to your training needs, corrective requirements and environment.
Advice on how to prevent, treat and manage injuries when training and competing, including liaising with other health professionals in the sports sector and in mainstream medicine.
Support and advice post-injury to ensure full rehabilitation and to avoid re-injury, including work on restoring strength, range of movement and balance.