BASKETBALL

Basketball Injuries

There is an estimated of 1.6 million basketball injuries per year. These injuries can come from the professional athlete or someone just playing the sport casually. Injuries range from a broken toe to a broken finger and everything in between. This highly active sport uses not only the back, wrists, hands, arms and fingers for throwing, but also the legs and feet for jumping, running, bounding and changing direction.

These types of injuries are generally defined as either acute/traumatic or chronic/overuse injuries. Acute or traumatic injuries occur from sudden force or impact due to a fall or colliding into another player. Overuse injuries occur over time due to repetitive motion and stress on the muscles, joints and soft tissues without proper time for healing. This begins as a dull, nagging ache or pain, and can grow into a career debilitating injury if they aren’t treated early.

Both types of injuries may result from overuse of joints and muscles, lack of proper rest in between games, lack of proper warm ups or poor conditioning resulting in pulls and microscopic tears in the muscles.

What is the incidence of Basketball Injuries?

According to a study of high school basketball players by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA):

22% of all male basketball players sustained at least one time-loss injury each year.
42% of the injuries were to the ankle/foot
11% hip and thigh
9% knee
Sprains were the most common type of injury (43%).
General trauma was the second most common type of injury (22%).
60% percent of the injuries occurred during practice highlighting the need to warm up and strap for training.
59% of game-related injuries occurred during the second half of the game, which identifies fatigue as a predisposing factor.

So how can British Sports Therapy help Basketball players?

Basketball players need to be agile, so with pre event massage, stretching and soft tissue release this will enable the player’s joints and muscles to be at top flexibility. In the event of an injury the athlete will be assessed and a treatment plan will be made to get the athlete back into playing shape. This can include but not limited to Myofascial techniques, cross fiber friction, TRP therapy, and soft tissue release.

Common basketball injuries

OTHER INJURIES BY SPORT

Olympic Sport Therapy

Sport injuries come unexpectedly. The more you push your body to its limits, the more you will have sport injury! So what are you going to do about it? Medical Massage and Sport Massage continues to improve every year. Health professionals, such as your physician, chiropractor and physical therapist will recommend massage for your condition knowing the benefits of it. If you wish to assess, accurately find out about your condition and optimally manage your sport injury in the shortest possible time, then you should book a free session with a specialist in sport massage at Olympic Sport Therapy.

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