What is Sports Therapy?
"Sports Therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is specifically concerned with the prevention of injury and the rehabilitation of the patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational and sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability."
- The Society of Sports Therapists
Sports therapists give advice on how to train and compete safely and treat injuries and help with rehabilitation. They treat people in sports injuries clinics or work directly with professional or amateur sports teams. Some combine both roles.
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Sports therapists who work at a clinic:
- see patients with injuries
- examine and assess the injury and talk to the patient about how it happened
- give treatments, which can include massage and mobilisations
- develop a rehabilitation programme for patients, which can include an exercise programme designed to restore the normal range of movement and function
Sports Therapists cover a wide variety of different sports ranging from team contact sports such as:
- Football
- Hockey
- Rugby
To individual non-contact sports such as…
- Running
- Swimming
- Tennis
They also treat people who take part in non-competitive recreational activities such as…
- Walking
- Keep Fit Classes
- Military Fitness Boot Camps
- Gym Workouts
