How to recover from an exercise injury – according to a sports physiotherapist

Being active is beneficial for our bodies and mental health. But sometimes we can overdo it, resulting in sprains, strains, or pulled muscles. We need time to rehabilitate, or more injuries will occur.

Overuse injuries in sport: a comprehensive overview

The aim of the present article is to investigate the physiopathology, clinical presentation, diagnostic tools, and management of the most common overuse sport injuries.

The epidemic that’s ruining youth sports

But for every teen athlete who takes a break, there are hundreds who don’t heed doctors’ warnings and continue to overburden their growing bodies. Eventually, many will contribute to the epidemic of overuse injuries — which are on the rise, according to several studies and orthopedic doctors — now sullying youth sports.

A Warning on Overuse Injuries for Youths

Just as warming weather brings millions of young athletes back onto sports fields, a major athletics association has renewed this warning: Some school-age competitors who are inadequately prepared, or improperly coached, continue to develop serious overuse injuries.

Generation Knife: Will Overuse End Up Ruining Young Athletes?

Young athletes are suffering injuries that previously were only seen with adult athletes. Overuse appears to be the cause.

Guidelines for Young Athletes to Reduce Injuries

Children are dedicating themselves to a single sport too early and spending too much time playing it, say doctors who are seeing more children coming in with overuse injuries. Playing multiple sports leads to fewer overuse injuries, lower burnout rates and better overall athletes, experts say.

How Far Is Too Far For Kids to Run?

Pediatricians are divided over the impact of marathons on young bodies.

How to prevent injury from sport and exercise

Regular physical activity is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, protecting us from a host of modern ills such as heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, depression and some cancers. Sport and exercise are great ways to accumulate regular physical activity, but what about when they do us harm?

Is there such a thing as too much exercise?

We hear all the time about the benefits of exercise: it keeps weight down and energy up, improves mood, and staves off some diseases like diabetes. But can a person exercise too much? Can working out become too much of a good thing? In a way, yes. It all depends on how you're working out.

Poor Coaching Produces Avoidable Injuries

Coaches need to be more accountable to their training programs and philosophies.

Stretching Is Overrated

The pre-exercise ritual can weaken muscles, hurt athletic performance, and even lead to injury.

Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often, Study Finds

As a rule of thumb, McGuine says, kids should limit the number of hours they participate in organized sports each week to the number of years they've been alive — or less. "So a 10-year-old should not play or practice more than 10 hours a week," he says. Still, not all sports medicine experts are convinced by the new evidence.

The Best Way for Teens to Recover From Overuse Injuries

Focus on a single sport and heavy practice can cause injury; work with athletic trainers helps with prevention and recovery.

Tips to Avoid Overuse Injuries

The fear of overuse injuries should not prevent you from exercising. Done sensibly, exercise will add many happy and healthy years to your life. Here are some commonsense ways you can avoid overuse injuries...