Whatever level of sports you participate in, injuries come with the territory. So it’s good to know you can call on the experts at Boston Pain Clinic in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, for help if you incur an injury. They provide conservative treatments and advanced interventional pain management for sports injuries. Call the Boston Pain Clinic office for more information, or use the online form to schedule an appointment today.
Sports injuries can happen for numerous reasons. The most common are:
Exceeding your fitness levels puts excessive strain on your joints, muscles, and connective tissues. This can be a particular problem for you if you’re a weekend warrior who’s in an office all week. Overreaching — for example, to return a serve or make a touchdown — can also overstrain your body.
Falling or running into people or objects is more common in contact sports, but almost every sport has the potential to cause injuries this way.
Problems like stress fractures and tendinitis happen bit by bit, causing tiny cracks in your bones or tears in your tendons that build up and cause chronic pain.
If you don’t use the correct technique when playing sports, it can put too much stress on certain areas of your body, causing problems like back pain.
Making awkward movements when playing sports and failing to use good quality equipment that fits properly can also cause sports injuries.
Boston Pain Clinic treats sports injuries affecting the entire musculoskeletal system. Some of the more common sports injuries they see include:
Most sports injuries heal with a combination of nonsurgical treatments. Boston Pain Clinic is likely to recommend rest, avoidance of activities that could worsen the injury, and physical therapy to help the injury heal.
You might require pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory medication, but don’t use it to mask the pain so you can go back to playing; you could do yourself permanent harm. Dry needling and massage therapy might be beneficial.
More serious or persistent sports injuries might require additional treatments, such as trigger point or steroid injections. Boston Pain Clinic provides individualized treatment that focuses on returning you to your sport of choice at the same or higher level of ability and competition.
Learn how to benefit from expert treatment for your sports injuries by calling Boston Pain Clinic or booking an appointment online today.