The problem with Sports Injuries
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You love being active, you want to be fit. But a sports injury that sidelines you can be extremely frustrating when:
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The most common sports injuries are strains and sprains. Sprains are injuries to ligaments, the tough bands connecting bones in a joint. Suddenly stretching ligaments past their limits deforms or tears them. Strains are injuries to muscle fibers or tendons, which anchor muscles to bones. Strains are called “pulled muscles” for a reason: Over-stretching or overusing a muscle causes tears in the muscle fibers or tendons.
“Think of ligaments and muscle-tendon units like springs,” says William Roberts, MD, sports medicine physician at the University of Minnesota and spokesman for the American College of Sports Medicine. “The tissue lengthens with stress and returns to its normal length — unless it is pulled too far out of its normal range.”
The seven most common sports injuries are:
“Think of ligaments and muscle-tendon units like springs,” says William Roberts, MD, sports medicine physician at the University of Minnesota and spokesman for the American College of Sports Medicine. “The tissue lengthens with stress and returns to its normal length — unless it is pulled too far out of its normal range.”
The seven most common sports injuries are:
- Ankle sprain
- Groin pull
- Hamstring strain
- Shin splints
- Knee injury: ACL tear
- Knee injury: Patellofemoral syndrome — injury resulting from the repetitive movement of your kneecap against your thigh bone
- Tennis elbow (epicondylitis)
How Does Ultrasound Therapy Treat Sports Injuries?
Head to any sports therapy clinic and you may be treated using a number of modalities including exercises, wrapping and taping, massage and stretching. You'll also likely encounter ultrasound as part of routine sports and physical therapy.
The reason is clear to all sports therapists. Ultrasonic sound treat sports injuries and increase healing time in the following way:
The reason is clear to all sports therapists. Ultrasonic sound treat sports injuries and increase healing time in the following way:
- Sound waves are pulsed at the affected area at a high frequency - a million times per second.
- The sound waves penetrate the skin and surface layers and cause tendons, ligaments and soft tissues to vibrate, producing gentle healing vibrations within the affected area that soothe inflammation and relieve pain.
- Ultrasound waves also cause tendons and tissues to relax and increase blood flow to help reduce local swelling and chronic inflammation.
- Increased blood flow also delivers more oxygen and nutrients to the tendons and tissue, removes cell waste and aids healing.
Sonic Relief™ IS ULTRASOUND!Sonic Relief™ is the exact same ultrasound therapy you get in the sports therapy clinic but made safe and effective for home-use. In fact, Sonic Relief™ is in the hands and clinics of hundreds of sports therapists and team kit bags already!
Having your own Sonic Relief™ means that you can treat your injury at home, on the pitch, on the go either instead of or in tandem with your other treatment regimens. When you use Sonic Relief™ at home, you can treat your injury up to 3 times per day vs. once or twice per week at the clinic. This means you: - heal quicker - save time - reduce the risk of re-injury - save money on trips to the clinic. The Sonic Relief™ treatment manual shows you how to apply the ultrasound for your specific injury (or your practitioner will show you how to use it). And when you have Sonic Relief™ in your home, you know it's always ready for you when you need it. |
Jeff Hall, Jacksonville, FL |