Services

Sports Injury Rehabilitation

 

All new and existing patients are welcome to contact us and seek relevant advice for accurate care of their injuries prior to attending EHP Treatment facilities. The correct protocols initiated will increase an athletes or Non-Sports person’s chance of a faster and more efficient road to full recovery.

 

At EHP, primary attention of particular acute injures are managed via palliative care. The initial management of a Sports injury is crucial.

 

We are sports rehabilitators. We help Athletes, and in some cases, members of the general public suffering from pain involving the musculoskeletal system. Our skills and experience in sports injury rehabilitation allow us to practice Calisthenics and Manual Therapy as injury interventions.

 

We design rehabilitation plans for the injured Athlete, or Non-Sports Person, followed up with progressive planning in the assistance of post injury maintenance of physical health and fitness via our Prehab Injury Reduction Programme.

 

All new and existing patients are welcome to contact us and seek relevant evidence of accurate care prior to attending EHP Treatment facilities. The correct protocols initiated will increase an Athletes or Non-Sports Person’s chance of a faster and more efficient road to full recovery.

 

Soft Tissue Therapy techniques are used to facilitate recovery from Sports injuries. Some familiar Manual Therapies are delivered as part of a rehabilitative plan. Our strategies include Dry Needling, Sports Massage, Active Release Technique, Muscle Energy Technique, Trigger Point Therapy and Myofascial Release Therapy.

 

Within our scope of practical exercise science, we use progressive strength loading as a curative aid in injury rehabilitation, manipulating and regenerating the soft tissues of the human body.

 

Dry Needling

 

Dry needling is the use of solid filiform needles (Acupuncture needles) for therapy of muscle pain.

 

The needles are sterile single use acupuncture needles that are administered directly into myofascial trigger points. Trigger points are composed of tight contraction nodules within the muscle which cause and contribute to pain. Research studies have shown that inserting Dry Needles into trigger points causes biochemical changes within the body, aiding in the reduction of pain.

 

Dry Needling and Acupuncture

Dry Needling uses the same needles as Acupuncture. Dry Needling is based upon Western medicine principles of treating myofascial trigger points (MTP). It is not the same technique used in traditional Chinese Acupuncture.

 

Aftercare post Soft Tissue Therapy and Dry Needling

It is important to remember after receiving deep Soft Tissue Therapy techniques or Dry Needling, it is not advised to do any physical activities that involve the use of the recently treated areas on that same day or for however long the feeling of the deep tissue muscular techniques last.

 

It is not an issue for a person to proceed in a physical activity or sports event as long as the therapy session was tailored to meet the needs of what lays ahead in the next 1-24 hours, for example, the delivery of a pre-event Sports Massage before taking the field of play etc.

 

Dry Needling is an invasive treatment session. There is no need to panic, the needles are made from strong flexible sterile steel, and the areas of treatment are always cleansed pre and post treatment.

 

In the rare event of a little blood spotting, it’s advised to pay attention to the treated area after leaving clinic, to make sure bleeding has stopped and that the area is cleaned again to prevent any forms of infection.

 

Alcohol wipes, antiseptic or antibacterial gels are all good for personal aftercare.