Sports therapy involves a variety of safe and effective principles of fitness, athletic training and injury rehabilitation to help improve health fitness and performance. This can be done through massage, physical assessment, taping and strapping, fitness training and testing, electrical and thermal therapy and remedial exercise to help. It can help reduce muscle tension, reduce/stop pain, help correct posture, improve joint and muscle function and help the healing process. 

 

You do not have to be a sports person to benefit from sports therapy, it is a treatment that has benefits for everyone no matter what your lifestyle is.  

 

Techniques that may be used within a treatment include 
 

Acupressure for Muscle Activation 

 

Functional Anatomy & Kinesiology Static
 

Functional and Dynamic Postural Assessments Sports Massage techniques
 

Soft Tissue & Mobilisation Techniques 

 

Pre and post event Inter Event Comprehensive

 

Active and Passive Stretching

 

Soft Tissue Release

 

Trigger Point Therapy

 

Muscle Energy Techniques

 

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

 

Peripheral Joint Mobilisations Vertebral Mobilisations

Myofascial Release

 

Superficial and deep techniques

 

Postural re-alignment

 

Injuries

 

Sports strapping and taping

 

Thermal & Cryotherapy Treatments

 

Clinical Examinations

 

Medical Acupuncture

 

SOAP Analysis Active, Passive & Resisted ROM

 

Muscle Testing Special Tests

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Kinesiology Taping  Taping techniques for posture, injuries and rehabilitation
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Electrotherapy Ultrasound