Many sports personalities suffer from famous sport injuries while common people do suffer from sports injuries but they are not publicised. Some sports injuries are at least ten times more common than other sport injuries.
Some very common sports injuries are
- Turf toe - Taping
- Pes cavus (claw foot)
- Stress fractures – which can occur in any part of your body
- Metatarsal fracture
- Entrapment of nerves
- Bunions - Taping
- Plantar fascia strain
- Plantar fasciitis
- Bruised heel
- Bursitis under the calcaneus bone
- Calcaneal stress fracture
- Patella pain syndrome
- Anterior cruciate ligament sprain
- Jumper's knee
- Osgood sclatters disease
- Housemaids knee
- Articular cartilage injury
- Quadriceps tendon inflammation
- Baker's cyst
- Medial cartilage meniscus injury
- Posterior cruciate ligament sprain
- Knee arthritis
- Shoulder Anatomy
- Rotator cuff injury
- Dislocated shoulder
- Impingement syndrome
- Clavicle fracture
- AC joint injury
- Frozen shoulder
- Inflammation of biceps long head
- Winged scapula
- Tennis elbow
- Golfer's elbow
- Triceps tendon rupture
- Hyperextension injury
- Students elbow
- Carpel tunnel syndrome
Most of these injuries will be treated at the sports injury clinics, when any kind of surgical intervention is needed then the patient have to visit the surgeon or orthopaedic doctor. An osteopath can relieve a person with any of the above injuries from his pain, this is done with a combination of holistic and manual intervention. Some of the alternative therapy clinics call them selves the physical therapy clinics, these are usually a combination of physiotherapy, osteopathy and holistic health care. The holistic approach in the entire treatment is very important, as the power of the mind is above all and it heals not just the body but also the mind.All of undertake some sport at a point in our lives, when we are on the ground or court we do not think of the wear and tear of our joints, this being one of the most important things. To play and exercise correctly while conserving our joints and bones is the most important precaution to be taken while playing.