Sports Injuries

The most common sports injuries include:

• Sprains - ligament joining the ends of bones together tears, commonly affected areas by sprains are knees, ankles and wrists.
• Strains — tears or pulls of muscles/tendons (the tissues connecting the muscles to the bones)
• Shin splints — this is commonly seen in runners, pain along the external front of the lower leg.
• Achilles tendonitis — these type of injuries include the large band of tissue connecting the calf muscles to the heel.
• Bone fractures.
• Joint dislocation.

Some general treatments that may be helpful for your injury include:

• PRICE therapy.
• Pain relief.
• Immobilization.
• Physiotherapy.
• Corticosteroid injections.
• Surgery and procedures.
• Recovery from an injury.