Sports Osteopathy is increasingly used today. It helps prevent injuries, improving performance by rebalancing posture and eliminating any tensions and overloads.
Physical activity brings enormous benefits, but it is also often the cause of injuries, especially in contact sports, where knocks and bumps occur on a daily basis.
In professional sports, injuries are almost inevitable, given the intensity of training and competitions. In this context, the osteopath has become an integral part of the team Blubasket Treviglio, a professional team in Italy.
Professional athletes use osteopathic treatment to keep their bodies in top physical shape, as well as being a way of treating or relieving existing pain and injuries.
The most common sports injuries are strains, sprains and inflammation, affecting tendons, muscles and ligaments, as well as swelling, bruising and areas of pain or muscle soreness.
Osteopathy works by considering the whole person and not just the point of pain. In cases of injury, the osteopath treats the athlete as a unit, releasing any overloads that limit recovery.
Osteopathy and prevention
Sports osteopathy is often used by athletes as a preventative method, to keep the body in optimum condition and to reduce the risk of possible injuries.
This happens thanks to the general assessment of the athlete and the treatment of the areas of greatest tension.
To be most effective in prevention, the athlete must be monitored 360°, so from both a physical point of view (Physical Trainer, Physiotherapist, Osteopath, Nutritionist) and a mental point of view, thanks to the support of a mental coach or psychotherapist.
There are sports and activities that tend to overload one part of the body or even one joint of the body. If we think of tennis, for example, we can’t help but mention tennis elbow, just as those who practise jumping sports will have greater overload in the knee (jumper’s knee).
The most common sports injuries:
- Tennis elbow
- Back pain and golf
- Patellar tendinopathy
- Swimmer’s shoulder
- Pubalgia
- Hip pain
- Running injuries
- Running prevention
- Crossfit injuries
- Muscle injury
- Plantar fasciitis
