SPORTS / WORK-RELATED INJURY TREATMENT

PRP injection

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is a concentration of one type of cell, known as platelets, which circulate through the blood and are critical for blood clotting. Platelets and the liquid plasma portion of the blood contain many essential factors for the cell recruitment, multiplication, and specialization required for healing.

After a blood sample is obtained from the patient, it is put into a centrifuge to separate the blood into its many components. Platelet-rich plasma can then be collected and treated before delivering it to an injured area of bone or soft tissue, such as a tendon or ligament.

PRP is given to patients through an injection. After the injection, a patient must avoid exercise for a short period before beginning a rehabilitation exercise program.

Steroid injection

Steroid injections are anti-inflammatory medicines used to treat a range of conditions such as joint pain, arthritis, tendonitis, and sciatica.

Steroid injection can be given in several ways

• into a joint (intra-articular)
• into a muscle (intramuscular)
• into a spine (epidural)

When injected into a joint, muscle, or tendon, steroid reduces inflammation and swelling nearby. This helps in relieving pain and stiffness.

Arthroscopy surgery

Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure that orthopedic surgeons visualize and treat problems inside a joint. It is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint.

In arthroscopic surgery, an orthopedic surgeon makes a small incision in the patient’s skin, then inserts an instrument that contains a small lens and lighting system to magnify and illuminate the structures inside the joint.

By attaching the arthroscope to a miniature camera, the surgeon can see the joint’s interior through this minimal incision rather than the larger incision needed for open surgery.

Conditions that are commonly treated with arthroscopic procedures include:

• For example, synovitis is a condition that causes the tissues surrounding the knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and ankle joint to become inflamed.
• Acute or chronic injuries, including:
  • Rotator cuff tendon tears
  • Shoulder impingement
  • Recurrent dislocation in the shoulder
  • Meniscal (cartilage) tears in the knee
  • Chondromalacia (wearing or damage of the cartilage cushion in the knee)
  • Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears with instability in the knee
  • Loose bodies of bone and cartilage, particularly in the knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, or wrist

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Physiotherapy helps restore movement and function when affected by injury, illness, or disability. It can also help reduce your risk of injury or illness in the future.

Physiotherapists consider the body as a whole rather than just focusing on the individual aspects of an injury or illness.

Some of the main approaches used by physiotherapists include:

education and advice – physiotherapists can give general advice about things that can affect your daily lives, such as posture and correct lifting or carrying techniques to help prevent injuries

movement, tailored exercise, and physical activity advice – exercises may be recommended to improve your general health and mobility and to strengthen specific parts of your body

manual therapy – where the physiotherapist uses their hands to help relieve pain and stiffness and to encourage better movement of the body