Sports Injuries - where to go?

Douglas

I tore my hamstring last night, where should i go? In the past i have used a physical therapist but she was rubbish. I am told Physiotherapists are the best but does anyone know one that i could use? There seems to be a new one in Temple Bar, www.thephysiocompany.com but do not know of them even though their site looks great. in pain and want to get it sorted - :eek: any ideas?

SuprSi

I had a big knot in the tendon going down the side of my thigh that was causing a lot of pain in my knee. At the time I didn't know it was a tendon problem and had my knee x-rayed, took anti-inflamatries, everything that the doctor recommended. I even rested for 3 months, doing no exercies at all, but nothing worked.

A friend in work recommeded her boyfriend, who is a qualified Neuromuscular, Physical and Orthopaedic Sports Massage Therapist. He got me sorted in 3 sessions!! I had a reoccurance of the injury about 3 months later due to astro-turf soccer, but he got rid of it in 2 more sessions and I haven't seen it since. That's nearly a year ago now.

His name is Thomas Manton and he works out of Irishtown. <mod Snip> Removed Contact Number. Please PM SuprSi for contact number </Mod Snip> and I'd definitely recommend him.

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SuprSi: Please don't post contact numbers on the forum. Please have folks PM you for these details

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Hanley

If you've actually torn your hamstrin and your whole legs turned black and blue, get your ass to a surgeon asap.

Roper

If you've torn it, you wouldn't be typing this you'd be writhing around in pain! If, as Hanley said, it's not bruising up badly you may have just pulled it. My only recommendation if you're a sportsperson is to try to go to a proper sports physio as opposed to a physio. There's a clinic in Drumcondra that deals with a lot or runners so they'd be familiar with that sort of injury. Don't have the number but they're in the golden pages and they're called the Sports Injury Clinic I think.

N8

Douglas wrote:

I tore my hamstring last night

If you injured it during training, one of the most relevant questions would be why would you tear/pull one side and not the other?

Either your training is off, you have an old injury that requires attention or there is a difference in the tone of the hamstring which could relate to an asymptomatic low back injury or general spinal dysfunction.

Perhaps you should have someone evaluate your training and techniques after looking after the injury you now have.

Anthony_1980

great fella i know whos based in malahide

he worked with the irish rugby team and deals with injuries and core strenght training etc

pm me for his details

eroo

SuprSi wrote:

I had a big knot in the tendon going down the side of my thigh that was causing a lot of pain in my knee. At the time I didn't know it was a tendon problem and had my knee x-rayed, took anti-inflamatries, everything that the doctor recommended. I even rested for 3 months, doing no exercies at all, but nothing worked.

A friend in work recommeded her boyfriend, who is a qualified Neuromuscular, Physical and Orthopaedic Sports Massage Therapist. He got me sorted in 3 sessions!! I had a reoccurance of the injury about 3 months later due to astro-turf soccer, but he got rid of it in 2 more sessions and I haven't seen it since. That's nearly a year ago now.

His name is Thomas Manton and he works out of Irishtown. <Mod Snip> Removed Contact Number. Please PM SuprSi for contact number </Mod Snip> I'd definitely recommend him.

giving out names and numbers is NOT the best way to do things mate!use pm's!!

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Eroo: This is a fair point, but it doesn't help that you quoted the users post. Even if the OP had removed the contact number, you still had it quoted.


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Hanley

Anthony_1980 wrote:

great fella i know whos based in malahide

he worked with the irish rugby team and deals with injuries and core strenght training etc

pm me for his details

If you're thinking of Mark McCabe who used to be out in La Mancha, he's in Schoolhouse Lane off Kildare street now...

EileenG

Find a specialist in sport medicine. Your ordinary GP or physio will tend to say "Wait and let it heal itself," which is fine unless it heals badly, when you are screwed. There are specialists out there (try the phone book) who can get you back in action quickly and safely.

yop

I was interested to note how someone was injured during astro turf, I tore my groin last week, did my warm up, have been training/playing all year so found it odd I did in my groin, but went to the muscle clinic and he said that he is getting a lot of injuries from guys playing Astro turf.
I wonder is there higher risk playing Astro or something ?

Hanley

I'd say it's because it's becoming much more popular and since the people who are startin to play it now probably haven't played seriously in several years, it leaves them more susceptible to injuries.

yop

I agree about that it a "well its better than nothing" and good exercise if u are doing nothing.
I think though that also in my case it was the wet smooth surface which aided to my injury which too is not helpin.

The FitnessDock

I highly recommend Dublin Spine & Sports Physiotherapy. www.physiotherapyclinic.ie

They have a gym on their premises, which is full of specialist rehab equipment designed to rehabilitate specific injuries.

PAUL

bonio7

hi everyone

im at a loose end. i have constant injru problems last 2 years. firstly started with knee injury in football match high tackle right knee. got mri and it showed nothing lasted 6mths plus and knee was tight always.
then i tore groin muscle after this and it also took long time to heal. but from this inury i started to get pain in my hip and back in my left leg and my left calf. extremely painful. had physio well over 20 for all injuries as they all began to trouble me at same time. did clear eventually clear slighlty to be bearable.then i started back sports astro soccer and wore new molded boots and next day my right foot/ankle was in agony and it has lasted since last october. so in all a complete nightmare. the foot injury i got x-ray it showed nothing only old trauma of distal tibia. went to gp no help at all. it so frustrating i really need help and dont knwo where to start. please can someone point me in right direction. im in wicklow/kildare/dublin south area

thanks
sean

davmol

Santry sports clinic-have heard great things about it and seen great results