Welcome to the Birdwell Clinic Physiotherapy Department


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33 Weston Road
Long Ashton
Bristol
BS41 9AA

Tel 01275 393149

Please contact us with any queries for our physiotherapists or staff via email

SPORTS INJURIES

There are two types of sports injuries;

ACUTE SPORTS INJURIES

These are sudden traumatic injuries such as twisting your knee or ankle. These injuries commonly involve muscle, tendon, or ligament tears. Pain occurs instantly, is often intense and may stop you playing. The injured area may swell up and it will be painful to move. Physiotherapy treatment will provide comprehensive rehabilitation programmes individually designed to get you back to your sport as quickly as possible.

OVERUSE SPORTS INJURIES

Overuse injuries are more common. They start with the gradual onset of an ache or pain with no specific injury involved. Symptoms can be ignored for a while but they slowly get worse until eventually the pain becomes bad enough to stop you doing your sport. There is no injury as such that needs to heal but a part of the body is being overloaded and cannot stand the strain. Although anti-inflammatory medication and a period of rest give temporary relief, the problem recurs on returning to your activity. The physiotherapist's job is to diagnose the underlying reason for these problems, devise a treatment and rehabilitation programme and give preventative advice to stop the injury recurring.