Loughborough

Response Physiotherapy

Radmoor Centre, Radmoor Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3BT

Phone: 08450549970

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Response Physiotherapy Guide To Soft Tissue Injury

Day of the Injury - protect

• Rest - avoid undue stress to the injured area.
• Ice - 10 minutes every two hours. Ice should be wrapped in a
  damp cloth and never applied directly to the skin.
• Compress with a firm bandage (not at night).
• Elevate the injured part above the heart regularly throughout
  the day- at night place a pillow under the mattress to elevate
  the injured part.

One day after injury - encourage good healing

• Rest combined with stretches to the injured area. The stretches
  should be for 20 seconds at a time and only to the first ?pull?.
• Ice 10 minutes three times daily
• Continue to compress
• Continue to elevate

Two days after injury - improve healing

• Decrease rest, increase activity
• Ice five minutes, heat five minutes - two times daily
• Keep stretching the injury to the ?pull?

Four days after injury - strengthen the injured tissue and improve function

• Start using the muscle/ligament
• Leg - balancing on one leg
• Arm - leaning on the wall with an outstretched arm
• Functional activities i.e. reaching and lifting

If there is no improvement, call Response Physiotherapy in Loughborough on 08450 549970 or seek further advice from your GP.

Making you better, quicker

Response offer a forward thinking, comprehensive physiotherapy service.

From injuries picked up by elite althetes to conditions that just seem to have slowly crept on normal individuals - and everything in between, we
are happy to asses them all.

Our dynamic approach aims to promote a rapid return to full fitness.

We ensure all patients fully understand the course of treatment we are undertaking and why. Listed below are just a few of the key conditions we regularly deal with.

The difference between getting better and complete recovery is Response Physiotherapy.

Non acute soft tissue injury

Two weeks after injury and not seen by GP in the very early stage of injury.

Key Points

1. At this stage, RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) is not as effective.
   Short periods of rest required through the day, but the injured area needs to be reminded of its function. Start using it gently.
2. 5 mins ice followed by 5 mins heat as chronic swelling/injury often reacts well to the contrast - eases pressure and increases movement.
3. Compression will help as it can heat swelling that has settled, and can also squeeze some of this swelling out. The easiest compression is a tubigrip. The most effective is a well applied bandage ? firm but allowing the blood to flow (blue/numb limbs means it is to tight)

Exercises

Leg Injury

Balance on one leg; Gentle lunge; Gentle squat; Gentle side to side squat
If these feel comfortable, do some hopping movements.

Arm Injury

• Reach for an object at different heights (choose a light object to start
  with). Make sure the hand moves first as often the shoulder is first to
  move and this is not useful.
• If this is comfortable, begin the same exercise with gentle weights and
  increase as necessary.

A pull is a good sensation, but a sharp pain means the injury is not ready to do that much.

Specific exercises will depend on the injured area.

If there is no improvement, call Response Physiotherapy who are based in Loughborough on 08450 549970 or seek further advice from your GP.

Prehabilitation

Make sure your body is ready from the word go

Prehabilitation actively prepares people for the work they do.

Common in professional sports and increasingly popular in the working world, this treatment takes people to their best level of fitness. Much more than about avoiding injury - prehabilitation is a positive strategy for long term health.

Existing physical problems and poor working habits can have serious impact on our quality of life. They can combine to create problems that may lead to injury and time off work.

The preventative approach protext against these kinds of risks to long term health.

By anticipating the demands of specific kinds of activities and prepare the bidy to respind positively to them.

Response Physiotherapy in Loughborough can actively prepare clients for getting the mosst our of their personal and professional lives. After identifying and treating existing problems, they design tailored exercises to maintain the maximise the body's natural balance.