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7 Tips to Recover Mentally After a Sports Injury
After getting sidelined with a sports injury, athletes can face feelings of frustration, anxiety and more. Follow these tips to maintain your mental strength.
Sports Therapy
Our comprehensive sports physical therapy program can benefit people with active lifestyles, athletes and others.
People of all ages and fitness levels can get back to daily activities with less pain. At Henry Ford Health, our sports therapy experts offer personalized treatment plans so you can heal from an injury. For athletes, this means optimizing your performance and getting you back in the game stronger than ever.
Sports Performance Sports Medicine Orthopedic Therapy
Is sports therapy just for athletes?
Sports physical therapy can benefit anyone who is active, plays sports or who has a physically demanding job, such as firefighters, law enforcement and military. Our sports therapists evaluate how your injury is affecting your life and your work. We also provide preventive sports medicine and consulting services, acting as health advisors and providing first aid to area high school and collegiate teams.
Sports physical therapy: Why choose Henry Ford?
- Whole-person care: Sports injuries affect everyone differently, and we don’t just treat your symptoms. Your sports physical therapist will perform a customized assessment and uncover the root cause of your injury. This includes assessing physical, mental and emotional barriers before working with you to develop a personalized sports physical therapy care plan.
- Experienced team: Many of our sports therapists have specialty certifications from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). You receive care from highly skilled experts who are always learning new and better ways to provide treatment.
- Convenient access: With locations throughout southeast and south central Michigan and the greater Flint area, we make it easy to find a sports physical therapist near you. Our large staff and extensive network mean you can get timely treatment near home, work or school.
- Integrated care and support: Your sports physical therapist works closely with the Henry Ford Sports Medicine team, including orthopedic physicians, athletic trainers, nutritionists, concussion specialists and other providers. This collaboration ensures you receive complete care. We also stay in close communication with your referring physician or primary care provider. We work together to adjust your care plan as needed, so you can get the most effective treatment. We also provide support throughout treatment to help aid your recovery.
- State-of-the-art facility: Our Center for Athletic Medicine is one of the most comprehensive performance facilities in the nation. It serves as the epicenter for competitors at all levels and in every sport to heal, condition and optimize athletic performance. Here, we offer the latest in state-of-the-art simulation and motion technology, including the only Speedzone® speed and agility testing system in the U.S. We’re also home to two biomechanics labs using SIMI markerless motion tracking for motion analysis, and the innovative Quantum 1080 Motion for evaluating strength and muscle recovery.
FAQs about sports physical therapy at Henry Ford Health
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What Conditions Do Your Sports Therapists Treat?
Our sports physical therapists treat a full range of musculoskeletal injuries caused by sports, exercise or job-related tasks, including:
- Achilles tendon rupture and other ankle injuries
- Elbow injuries
- Hip impingement, labral (joint cartilage) tears and other hip and groin injuries
- ACL and other knee injuries
- Rotator cuff or labral (joint cartilage) tears and other shoulder injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Tendonitis and bursitis
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What Sports Therapy Treatments Do You Offer?
- Manual therapy: With hand-on therapy, your sports physical therapist moves, stretches and massages soft tissues and joints. This can reduce pain sensitivity and inflammation, helping you recover from surgery and injuries.
- Blood flow restriction training: A specialized cuff restricts blood flow to certain muscle groups during exercise or therapy. This technique helps improve strength while minimizing wear and tear on the muscle.
- FITLIGHT® training: A wireless reaction-timing system helps you improve speed, agility and power. Our sports therapists create sport-specific performance training plans.
- Rest and recovery: We help you optimize the time between sports therapy sessions by giving you comprehensive rest and recovery plans. These plans may include cold, heat or compression therapy techniques. We also have an anti-gravity treadmill to ease you back into physical activity as you heal.
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What Do I Need to Start Sports Physical Therapy?
- Get a referral: A referral for sports physical therapy that’s dated and has been signed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner within the last 90 days.
- Make an appointment: With this referral, you can schedule an appointment by calling one of our locations, or through your Henry Ford MyChart account.
- Provide your information: Either way, our team will gather information from you about your condition and referring provider, and will also verify your insurance coverage.
- Start your sports therapy: Then you’ll be paired with the most appropriate specialist for your needs and start your sports physical therapy.
The Dangers of Returning to a Sport Too Soon
Tempted to play through an injury? Continued activity can lengthen your recovery and may limit your future performance potential.
