Physical Therapy in Sports Medicine

Physical Therapy in Sports Medicine

Read more: br Facebook: br Google+ Hurst: br Google+ Fort Worth: br YouTube: br br In this video, Fort Worth physical therapist discusses how physical therapy can help with sports injuries. br br Transcript: br A physical therapist can definitely assist with treating sports injury and prevention. After a thorough evaluation, we're able to assess where the deficits are for the athlete. If it's an athlete with low back pain, we may see that it's tight hamstrings that are causing the pain. If it's a baseball player with a shoulder injury, we may see that it's over utilization of a certain muscle group. So, we're able to educate the patient or the athlete where the deficits lie and what they can do to have normal, functional support.


User: Trinity Orthopedics

Views: 13

Uploaded: 2014-01-08

Duration: 00:51