Effective sports therapy for knee injuries can come from a physical therapist

Knee Injury Sports Therapy

Pain keeping you on the bench? Having difficulty making it through a training session? These are all effects that a sports-related knee injury can have. 

A healthy knee joint is a must for most athletes. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most commonly injured. Medical research shows that more than 15% of all high school-level sports injuries involve the knee. A physical therapist can help you get sports injury therapy for your knee injury. 

Two knee injuries that sports therapy can treat

Sports therapy is a vital component in recovering from just about any type of knee injury. However, there are two injuries that physical therapists see more often than others: 

  1. Patellofemoral syndrome — This injury is caused by your kneecap moving against your upper or lower leg bones. Repeated movement of your kneecap against these bones eventually damages your knee tissue. Runners, cyclists, football players and basketball players are the most likely to develop patellofemoral syndrome.
  1. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries — This ligament helps connect your femur to your tibia in your knee. A tear in your ACL can occur in two ways: First, you could experience a hard impact to your knee that causes your ACL to tear. Another way you could tear your ACL is by changing direction suddenly. ACL tears from these two causes are common for football, soccer and basketball players.

What sports therapy techniques can help treat a knee injury?

These are just two of the knee injuries that a therapy specialist can help you treat; in fact, they can help you find the right physical therapy methods for just about any knee injury. Some of the techniques your physical therapist could include in your knee injury therapy plan are as follows:

Using a combination of these and other therapy methods, your physical therapist can create a personalized knee injury recovery plan for you. The best part about these recovery plans is they can help to reduce your pain faster. They may even get you back to playing sports more quickly.

Need sports therapy for an injury? Excel Sports & Physical Therapy can help!

Ready to find effective sports therapy for your knee injury? Our team at Excel Sports & Physical Therapy can help you. We offer free screenings that can pinpoint the specific knee injury you have. Additionally, our physical therapists are well versed in many beneficial therapy techniques, and this allows them to build you a personalized therapy plan to fit your injury. We even offer therapy services that you can use at home, including virtual therapy and at-home care appointments. 

Contact our team today for more information about how we can help with your knee injury or to schedule an initial appointment.