Acute Injuries

Examples of conditions include:

• Wrist and finger sprains and minor fractures
• Elbow sprains (eg tennis and golfers’ elbow)
• Shoulder rotator cuff sprains, bursitis, dislocations, cartilage injuries
• Neck sprains
• Back sprains and disc injuries
• Sciatica
• Hip and groin sprains, cartilage injuries and impingement syndromes
• Knee sprains including ACL, MCL, meniscal tears, patella dislocations, patellofemoral syndrome
• Medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints), Osgood Schlatter’s and Sever’s disease (“growing pains” in knee and heel)
• Ankle sprains, fractures, tendon and cartilage injuries
• Foot sprains, plantar fasciopathy (also known as fasciitis)
• Toe sprains, fractures
• Nerve injuries
• Bony stress injuries

Non-injury problems of sport:

• RED-S (relative energy deficiency in sport)
• Osteoporosis
• Breathing problems such as asthma, EILO (exercise induced laryngeal obstruction)

EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION

• We can discuss how your medical problem might be helped by exercise, both in terms of current symptoms and future prognosis.
  Which exercises are safe and effective with your specific condition(s).
• Examples include cancer, cardiovascular risks and disease (eg high blood pressure, diabetes), mental health problems, arthritis
• Note for these problems, in order to give the best advice, the more information we have from your doctor in advance, the better
• We work closely with our neighbours, Motus Sports Hub, who have in-house exercise physiology and mental skills coaching specialists, and can involve them as needed.