Sports Physiotherapy Brisbane

At The Brisbane Spine Clinic, we understand that athletes are required to perform consistently at a high level, placing a huge demand on your body during training. This can often lead to sports specific injuries as a result of the stress on your muscles, joints, and bones.

Physiotherapy is an increasingly broad discipline with many subspecialties, including sports physiotherapy.

Sports physiotherapy focuses on assessing and treating injuries relating to sports and exercise.

Your body benefits greatly from exercise. But it’s also vulnerable to injury. Sport demands a lot from your body, increasing pressure on your joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons.

If you enjoy a particular sport, you’ll do it often. If you play on a footie team, for example, you probably go to mid-week training, play matches on the weekend and stay in shape by jogging or going to the gym when you can.

You might experience an acute injury on the pitch if you twist your knee or collide with another player. Or you might experience an overuse injury.

Sports physiotherapy helps in four key ways:

At The Brisbane Spine Clinic, we treat your symptoms to relieve your pain. But we don’t stop there. We go deeper to identify any underlying causes or risk factors that have made you more vulnerable to injuries. And we work with you on post-injury rehabilitation to strengthen your body and reduce the risk of further sporting injuries.

Sports physiotherapy benefits athletes of all levels who are keen to maintain top physical condition and looking for a program to maximise muscle function and sports performance.

If you’re a sports and fitness enthusiast, then it’s often wise to incorporate regular sports physiotherapy into your training regimen.

That’s because sports physiotherapy isn’t just about treating injuries. It’s also about preventing them and addressing underlying issues of posture, biomechanics or technique to help you perform at your peak.

This may involve:

Sports physio may also help with:

After taking a detailed history and conducting a thorough physical examination, we’re able to determine the right cause of treatment, which may include:

At The Brisbane Spine Clinic we take a holistic approach to treating sporting injuries. We’re not only interested in relieving your symptoms but in understanding why you were vulnerable to that injury and how best to strengthen you and enhance your future performance.

Several members of our team have additional training in sports physiotherapy and a special interest in helping athletes of all levels to do well at their chosen sport. We know it’s frustrating when you’re prevented from participating in the sport you love and we aim to get you back on the field as soon as possible.

Whether you’re an elite athlete, a weekend warrior or someone who simply enjoys kicking a ball around with friends, sports physiotherapy can help you perform at your best.