Many individuals who injure themselves in a social or non-professional sport may assume they’ve just got a bruise or small tear, however, it’s important to receive an early and accurate diagnosis or prognosis for any injury. Our osteopaths at Still Point Osteopathy are a great first point of contact for assessment and will be able to prevent, restore, rehabilitate and optimise the body’s performance to ensure you’re able to return to your sport as soon as possible following an injury.

With our deep understanding of the anatomy and mechanics of the body, we will use this knowledge to treat, manage and rehabilitate your sports injuries, including engaging other providers where required. For those who take their sport a little more seriously, sports injury management starts before the injury occurs.

While any form of osteopathy, massage, and acupuncture are effective treatments for all the sprain, strains, and tears that may occur while training or competing, our expert team will be able to ‘fine tune’ your body before, during and after sport for optimum performance and reduction of potential injuries.

Additionally, this preventative care and maintenance can help identify areas that are not working their best which may lead to imbalances of the joints and muscles. Discovering this disharmony and discussing some long-term solutions with you can help prevent chronic problems and pain in the future.

An osteopath can help with many acute sports injuries and help relieve several symptoms. Additional benefits of seeking osteopathic treatment for sports injuries includes: 

• Minimising loss of function in injured areas
• Increased blood flow to the point of injury
• Decreased swelling of the injured area
• Faster return to full function
• Earlier detection or prevention of injury recurrence
• Shorter recovery time after an injury
• Enhanced return of function
• Restoration of normal movement patterns, and coordination
• Reduced use of pain medication
• Reduced stress and anxiety

All of these benefits can be achieved through osteopathic treatment techniques such as joint mobilisation and manipulation, soft tissue massages, and exercise prescription and stretching. While many think that stretching is only important before physical activity, it can also aid in recovery. Our muscles can become tight during periods of inactivity following an injury so stretching can help loosen these tight muscles, thus, improving your range of motion (ROM).

These ROM exercises can help improve or maintain your joint range of motion and by doing these whenever possible during recovery, you can prevent the joints and muscles from becoming stiff. These exercises may also be combined with strengthening exercises once you have improved strength. Strengthening exercises can help you maintain the strength of your uninjured muscles and improve the strength of your weakened muscles.

Still Point Osteopathy

North Brisbane Osteopathy
2 great locations Ashgrove and North Lakes

Contact Us

Still Point Osteopathy (previously known as Discover Osteopathy) Ashgrove.

Ph: 0733 666 831

Fax: 0733 666 381

Address: 10/338 Waterworks rd

Ashgrove 4060

Email: admin@stillpointosteopathy.rehab