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Alternatives to regular physio

  • 01-09-2009 4:24pm
    #1
    SuprSi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,951 ✭✭✭


    I've had a recurring knee injury (slight strain on my collateral ligament - outside of the knee) that has stopped me playing soccer, and interferes with most other sports I play in. I have been to the SSC for an MRI, which showed nothing of any note, and have had regular and constant physio sessions since then (March of this year) but so far nobody has been able to fix it.

    The physio I'm going to now seems good, but I've been every week for the past 6 weeks and I've seen no improvement. She's mainly getting me to do strengthening exercises and stretching, but I don't feel any improvement.

    I will give her another couple of weeks, but would like to see if there's another type of therapy I could get that might have more success? I know it's difficult to recommend something without knowing exactly what it is, but I believe it can be fixed - I just don't know how!


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  • #2
    BJohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭BJohnson


    There are definitely better ways of treating ligament damage. A recent study on instrument-assisted cross-fiber massage in July's Journal of Orthopadic & Sports Physical Therapy (http://www.jospt.org/issues/articleID.2308/article_detail.asp) showed a 40 - 55% improvement in ligament repair compared to other therapies over a 4 week period. Over a 12 week period, results were comparable to other therapies, but for faster short-term gains, it works very well.

    Try finding someone near you that has a set of Graston tools. My clinic in Galway has a set, and I think someone in Dublin has a set as well. I use them daily for treating injured athletes and swear by them. Apparently it's common that professional athletes in North America won't see someone that doesn't have a set of Graston tools for treating soft-tissue injuries.

    You can check out Graston Technique here:

    http://www.grastontechnique.com/

    Brian


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