Chronic Overuse Injuries
Overuse injuries usually occur over time when repeated actions place excessive load on soft tissues such as tendons, muscles, ligaments, fascia and bursas. The injuries develop as a result of poor biomechanics, muscular imbalance or inappropriate training programs.
Examples of Chronic Overuse Injuries Include:
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue (plantar fascia) along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes
Achilles Tendinopathy
Tightness and pain in the tendon at the back of the heel and lower calf
Heel Pain & Sever’s Disease
Sever’s Disease (calcaneal apophysitis) is an inflammation of the growth plate in the heel of growing children due to the pulling of the Achilles tendon
Hamstrings & Groin Injuries
Pain and tightness in the hamstring and groin muscle (muscles at the back and inside aspect of your upper thigh, respectively)
To treat these injuries, we apply our integrated care model to using strong Diagnostic assessment skills and Treatment & Prevention Strategies.
Diagnostics:
Our Physiotherapists will perform a comprehensive assessment to diagnose the the injury and the primary cause of the dysfunction
To encourage optimal healing and prevent further injury, we will perform an individualised whole body biomechanical assessment looking at your strength and control. We will observe any areas where your body might be overloading in one area to compensate for dysfunction in another area.
A sport-specific analysis will also be conducted, which often includes a running assessment.
Treatment & Prevention:
We will also discuss other factors that may contribute to your injury such as your exercise program, training regimes, general health and nutrition.
We know behavioural changes can be essential to optimise healing and recovery, so we will take time with you to explain in depth about your specific issues.
We also draw on our wide network of health professionals to provide you with the latest research for best possible outcomes.
A personalised and progressive treatment approach will allow a faster recovery because we take the time to fully assess your problems to establish the root causes.
Treatment and exercises will target the cause of your issues. In some cases, you’ll be surprised to see that treatment is not necessarily targeted at where symptoms or pain appear.
Early intervention is important to prevent further injury and to discourage your body from compensating in other regions of the body.
Our team of therapists will ensure that you have optimal care throughout your treatment and support you in returning to full physical health.
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