Playing sports and doing exercise regularly is great for your health, but when you play sports there is always the risk of injury. This isn’t just something that is a risk with contact sports but pretty much any sports come with the risk of an injury.
Understanding the most common types of sports injuries and how they can be treated is good if you play any sports.
Some of the most commonly experienced injuries are strains and sprains. These are caused when muscles and ligaments are overstretched. If you haven’t warmed up properly or have just overdone it, this is something that may happen. Joints like the wrists, knees and ankles are particularly susceptible to this.
When movements are repetitive, you can get things like tendonitis, something that can affect runners.
Although it is not always possible to prevent this, making sure that you warm up properly and do things correctly can certainly reduce the risk of this.
Sudden impact and accidents do happen, and also using the wrong equipment and wearing the wrong footwear and clothing can also increase the risk of injury, so make sure that you do things properly. Listen to your body and if you are in pain when you are doing something, or you feel tired, dizzy or sick, then you need to make sure that you stop immediately.
There are a range of treatments that can help with sports injuries. With issues affecting the feet, go and see a professional podiatrist like this podiatry Gloucester based clinic www.propodiatry.co.uk/podiatry/podiatrist-gloucester/ and for muscular problems you should go to a massage therapist. A chiropractor can help to realign your body and can help with joint pain.
