Sports injury rehab in Summerland
I assess your injury, talk you through your options and help you plan your return to your sport.
What is sports injury rehab?
It's assessment, hands-on care and exercise for an injury from sport or activity, planned around what you want to get back to. I look at the injury alongside your movement, your training and any past injuries. As a teenager in Summerland, I spent my time wakeboarding and playing soccer. I had injuries of my own, so I understand the frustration of wanting to stay active when something hurts.
I assess sprains and strains, overuse injuries such as runner's knee, rotator cuff and shoulder pain, tennis and golfer's elbow, Achilles pain, low back pain and heel pain, where custom orthotics can come up. Care may include adjustments, soft tissue work, cupping, Graston or taping, alongside exercises you do at home. No single treatment is the whole plan.
Your visit, start to finish
Take a seat in the waiting room, and I'll meet you at your appointment time.
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Your sport and the injury
Tell me what happened, how it affects your activity and what you want to return to.
I ask about your training and any past injuries, too.
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I assess it
I test the injured area and watch how you move.
If I think a doctor should check it first, I'll refer you.
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Hands-on care
Treatment may include adjustments, soft tissue work or taping, and you decide which options we use.
Some soreness can follow. Tell me how it felt at your next visit.
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Your way back
I show you exercises for home or the gym and email them to you.
I'll explain what you may need to change, cut back or skip while you recover.
Where I may use sports injury rehab
I assess injuries from sport, the trails and the gym. These are some of the common ones. Injury not listed? Text me and ask.
Sprains and strains
A rolled ankle or a pulled muscle from the trail, the court or the field.
Runner's knee
Pain around the kneecap that builds with running, hills or stairs.
Rotator cuff and shoulder pain
A sore shoulder from throwing, paddling, swimming or lifting.
Read moreTennis and golfer's elbow
Pain on the outside or inside of the elbow from gripping and swinging.
Heel pain (plantar fasciitis)
A sore heel that's worst with your first steps in the morning.
Read more BackLow back pain
A back that hurts after lifting, golf, skiing or a long ride.
Read moreIs sports injury rehab right for me?
Most sport and activity injuries can be assessed with me. Some need a doctor first.
Often a good fit
- a sprain, strain or overuse injury is slowing you down
- you want a plan for getting back to your sport
- you'll do rehab exercises at home or the gym
- you'd like advice on what to change in your training
Tell me first
- you hit your head or may have a concussion
- a bone might be broken, or you can't put weight on it
- a joint looks out of place, or has popped out
- you've had surgery on the area
- there's numbness or pins and needles below the injury
These don't rule out rehab. Some need a doctor to check first, and I'll refer you if so. We'll start rehab when it's safe.
After your visit
Rehab can stir things up a little at first. Here's what's normal, and the one sign that needs emergency care.
Go to emergency if pain in the injured area suddenly becomes severe and keeps building, especially with swelling, numbness or pins and needles.
Some soreness is normal
The injured area can feel sore after hands-on work or new exercises.
Stay active, within limits
Keep moving in ways that don't flare the injury, and ease back into sport the way we planned.
Do your rehab
Do the exercises I email you, and note which ones feel easier or harder.
Text me
If it swells up, or you're unsure about a game or a run. I'll reply when I'm between patients.
Questions about sports injury care
Work toward getting back to it
Tell me what happened, how it affects your activity and what you'd like to return to. Book an assessment, or text me with a question first.