Do you need to recover from a physical injury?
Are you uninjured, but want to become more athletic?
Are you already an athlete, and want to become an even better athlete?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then your next play is simple: book a consultation at Accucare Physical Therapy in Sioux Falls, SD!
Sports Therapy: For More Than Just Athletes
Don’t let its name mislead you. While it is true that sports therapy was specifically developed for athletes, it can help anyone.
Sports therapy is a form of physical therapy. It just so happens to be one with two specific focuses: (A) helping people fully recover from the types of injuries which commonly afflict athletes, and (B) improving athletic performance.
Sports Therapy: Recover From Injury Faster and Fully
Roughly 3.5% of Americans suffer a sports injury each year – but not necessarily because they were playing sports. Golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow, strains, sprains and tendonitis are all prevalent among blue-collar workers. Likewise, old age is often the main contributor to many “sports” injuries.
It doesn’t matter if you’re recovering from orthopedic surgery or trying to avoid it. Either way, a sports therapist will guide you through a regimen of exercises and stretches designed to restore your pre-injury balance, range of motion, strength and endurance. Sports therapy can provide fast and significant relief from pain as well. And when combined with other tools and techniques, such as Astym and AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill, sports therapy can become even more effective at its goal.
Sports Therapy: Become a Better Athlete
Get the extra edge you need in order to win the Super Bowl. Build up enough stamina so you can carry a gallon of milk up a flight of stairs without stopping for a break halfway. These sound like two very different goals, although they are both soundly within sports therapy’s wheelhouse.
Sports therapy typically includes resistance training designed to strengthen muscles, ligaments and joints – the kind of stuff Rocky Balboa might do in preparation for a fight. It doesn’t exclusively enhance the athlete’s raw power, though. A sports therapist’s goals also include improving their patient’s ability to sense where and how their body is moving (i.e. kinesthesia), which improves their ability to avoid injury as a result. Taken together, exercises that improve strength and kinesthesia also improve balance, which is crucial to success at any physical activity you could name.
Sports therapy can also improve flexibility. It’s easy to appreciate why bending safely is doubly important to every athlete. It helps you move about more freely, and helps you avoid soft tissue injuries while you’re at it.
Sign Up for Sports Therapy in Sioux Falls Today
You don’t have to be a starting quarterback to get sports therapy. Anyone in the greater Sioux Falls, SD area is welcome to it! Begin your road to recovery and better athletic performance today. Contact Acucare Physical Therapy to schedule your initial consultation!
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