What are some common sports injuries that respond well to physical therapy?
Sports that require the athlete to run, jump and pivot are the sports commonly associated with traumatic injuries to the knee and ankle. In the knee a common soft tissue injury would be ligament sprains such as Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) sprains. Ankle inversion sprains are also a very common type of sprain where you “roll your ankle”. Knee and ankle ligament sprains often respond very well to physical therapy. Some other common sports injuries that benefit from physical therapy include: Achilles tendonitis (back of heal pain), patella tendonitis (commonly called “jumpers” knee), plantar fasciitis (foot pain), and patella femoral pain (knee cap pain), lateral epicondylitis (elbow pain on the outside commonly termed “tennis” elbow), and medial epicondylitis (elbow pain on the inside commonly termed “throwers” elbow pain). back to top I tore my ACL. What can I expect? The ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) is a very important ligament in providing
