Cargando…

Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation

In the modern era, rehabilitation after sports injury has become a domain for specialists, and its evolution has necessarily brought together the sports physiotherapist, the sports physician, and the orthopedic surgeon. The changing profile of sports related injury, as well as limited availability o...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dhillon, Himmat, Dhilllon, Sidak, Dhillon, Mandeep S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966376
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_226_17
_version_ 1783265600160661504
author Dhillon, Himmat
Dhilllon, Sidak
Dhillon, Mandeep S
author_facet Dhillon, Himmat
Dhilllon, Sidak
Dhillon, Mandeep S
author_sort Dhillon, Himmat
collection PubMed
description In the modern era, rehabilitation after sports injury has become a domain for specialists, and its evolution has necessarily brought together the sports physiotherapist, the sports physician, and the orthopedic surgeon. The changing profile of sports related injury, as well as limited availability of facilities for rehabilitation in many areas of India, is a matter of concern. Elite sportspersons have some protection, but the average athlete is often left to fend for himself. Key factors in successful sports injury rehabilitation protocols are the application of modern rehabilitation protocols under appropriate supervision, appropriate and well timed surgical interventions, and judicious and need based use of pharmaceutical agents. Modern rehabilitation protocols emphasize teamwork and proper rehabilitation planning, and the rehabilitation team has to be lead by a trained sports physiotherapist, with an understanding of the protocols and interventions required at various stages. Injury specific rehabilitation protocols are being practiced worldwide but need to be introduced according to the nature of the sport as well as available facilities. Even in India, sports physicians are increasingly joining specialist rehabilitation teams, and they can help with medication, nutritional supplements, and specialized tests that could improve injury understanding. Inputs from surgeons are mandatory if surgical interventions have been performed. What is often missing in the underdeveloped world is psychological support and a clear understanding by the athlete of his/her rehabilitation protocols. World over, the primary aims are safe return to sports and minimizing reinjury on return to sport; this involves rehabilitation in stages, and current methodology clearly demarcates acute and chronic phases of injury. Close coordination with trainers and coaches is mandatory, and all need to understand that the reconditioning phase is crucial; skill assessment before progression has now become a specialized domain and needs to be introduced at all levels of the sport. A key factor in all sports injury rehabilitation protocols is injury prevention; this involves data maintenance by teams or trainers, which is still not fully developed in the Indian context. The injury and subsequent problems need to be comprehended both by athletes and their coaches. The current review is an attempt to clarify some of the issues that are important and routinely used world over, with the aim to improving rehabilitation after sports even in the underdeveloped world.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5609374
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-56093742017-09-29 Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation Dhillon, Himmat Dhilllon, Sidak Dhillon, Mandeep S Indian J Orthop Symposium - Sports Injury In the modern era, rehabilitation after sports injury has become a domain for specialists, and its evolution has necessarily brought together the sports physiotherapist, the sports physician, and the orthopedic surgeon. The changing profile of sports related injury, as well as limited availability of facilities for rehabilitation in many areas of India, is a matter of concern. Elite sportspersons have some protection, but the average athlete is often left to fend for himself. Key factors in successful sports injury rehabilitation protocols are the application of modern rehabilitation protocols under appropriate supervision, appropriate and well timed surgical interventions, and judicious and need based use of pharmaceutical agents. Modern rehabilitation protocols emphasize teamwork and proper rehabilitation planning, and the rehabilitation team has to be lead by a trained sports physiotherapist, with an understanding of the protocols and interventions required at various stages. Injury specific rehabilitation protocols are being practiced worldwide but need to be introduced according to the nature of the sport as well as available facilities. Even in India, sports physicians are increasingly joining specialist rehabilitation teams, and they can help with medication, nutritional supplements, and specialized tests that could improve injury understanding. Inputs from surgeons are mandatory if surgical interventions have been performed. What is often missing in the underdeveloped world is psychological support and a clear understanding by the athlete of his/her rehabilitation protocols. World over, the primary aims are safe return to sports and minimizing reinjury on return to sport; this involves rehabilitation in stages, and current methodology clearly demarcates acute and chronic phases of injury. Close coordination with trainers and coaches is mandatory, and all need to understand that the reconditioning phase is crucial; skill assessment before progression has now become a specialized domain and needs to be introduced at all levels of the sport. A key factor in all sports injury rehabilitation protocols is injury prevention; this involves data maintenance by teams or trainers, which is still not fully developed in the Indian context. The injury and subsequent problems need to be comprehended both by athletes and their coaches. The current review is an attempt to clarify some of the issues that are important and routinely used world over, with the aim to improving rehabilitation after sports even in the underdeveloped world. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5609374/ /pubmed/28966376 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_226_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Symposium - Sports Injury
Dhillon, Himmat
Dhilllon, Sidak
Dhillon, Mandeep S
Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title_full Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title_fullStr Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title_full_unstemmed Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title_short Current Concepts in Sports Injury Rehabilitation
title_sort current concepts in sports injury rehabilitation
topic Symposium - Sports Injury
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966376
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_226_17
work_keys_str_mv AT dhillonhimmat currentconceptsinsportsinjuryrehabilitation
AT dhilllonsidak currentconceptsinsportsinjuryrehabilitation
AT dhillonmandeeps currentconceptsinsportsinjuryrehabilitation