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Modalities for Soft Tissue Injuries
Summary: Essay takes a look at the most effective modalities for soft tissue injuries that affect athletes. Highlights options for athletes and sports medicine professionals in an age where sports are becoming more competitive and more physically demanding.
Sports are becoming more competitive and therefore; more physically demanding. Athletes, be it professional, amateur or high school, are expected to be more physically fit, as participation in sports is becoming more intense. The end results: the body becomes more susceptible to soft-tissue injuries. These injuries require some sort of treatment to regain full mobility of the part of the limb that is injured. There are many different types of sports medicine techniques or treatments, which can help restore the soft-tissue back to its original state. There are the traditional techniques and treatments used by physiotherapists as well as the unconventional treatments and techniques. Some of these treatments work tremendously well and have shown positive results with athletes. Non-traditional therapies are not as widely used but have shown positive results in patients. As there are many different types of sports medicine, therapists and athletes need to review the...
This section contains 3,064 words (approx. 11 pages at 300 words per page) |