- Common Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them:
Each sport will have specific injuries that tend to occur time and time again. Injuries that are most common in field sports are:
- Ankle sprains
- Hamstring muscle tears
- Groin strains
- Quadriceps muscle tears
- Calf muscle tears
- ACL Knee injuries
- Knee medial ligament injuries
- Concussion
Running injuries will include tendon and bone stress injuries.
Racket sports will have tendon, wrist and shoulder injuries.
Contact sports will have more shoulder injuries and traumatic injuries.
Prevention of injuries involves:
- Specialised injury prevention programmes can be incorporated into your warm up in less than 10 minutes and have been shown to reduce injuries significantly
These injury prevention programmes should focus on:
- Flexibility and Strength
- Plyometrics
- Agility
- Balance
- Proper jump and landing techniques
At Sligo Physio Space we are very familiar with all sporting injuries, having gained experience across a broad range of sports and age categories. We are trained in the up to date injury prevention programmes and can help you incorporate these programmes into your training regime, helping you reduce your risk of sports injury and keep you on the field for longer.
At Sligo Physio Space we provide expert services in Sports physiotherapy. Claire Mc Guinness principal physiotherapist and owner has undergone her sports masters and has had invaluable experience at an international level with the IRFU as well as covering a variety of sports in Ireland and Australia. So you can rest assured you are in safe hands at Sligo Physio Space.
I have attached some videos of yoga and pilates that will help you with your sports injuries and prevention of sporting injuries. Hope you find this helpful!
