Sports Physiotherapy Brisbane

Conveniently located in Brisbane

2/ 296 Oxley Road, Graceville, QLD, 4075

Mon-Thur: 7:30am to 7:00pm, Fri: 7:30am to 6:00pm & Sat: 9:00am to 2:00pm

Free parking available for clients

Sports Injury Treatment for Athletes and Weekend Warriors

When it comes to sport, injury management is an essential part of optimising your performance while keeping your body intact. It makes little difference if you are a professional athlete or if you like to play as a hobby. In either case, if you are looking for physiotherapy for a sports injury in Brisbane & Graceville, you’ve come to the right place. Graceville Physio’s sports injury experts can help you recover from an injury, prevent future injuries or strengthen weak areas of your body.

What Is Sports Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy for sports injuries focuses on preventing, diagnosing and treating injuries that result from sports, while also helping you recover and maintain optimal performance. This type of physio involves assessment of any particular movement faults you’re experiencing, plus correction and strengthening exercises to correct these faults. These correction and strengthening exercises help the sports person to perform to their ultimate ability.

It’s natural that during training, your body will be under a large amount of duress on a consistent basis. When not correctly treated, injuries and overuse weaknesses caused during training can eventually lead to more serious damage that affects not only your performance, but also your ability to recover optimally.

Working with a physiotherapist at Graceville Physio during your peak training season is a great strategy for helping you prevent injuries from occurring. They will also ensure you recover faster between training sessions and in the event you are injured, they can help you with your recovery and also with building up strength so you can return better and stronger.

We can help:

Professional athletes
Recreational athletes
Athletes with movement impairments or disability
Children in sports teams
Sports teams and associated individuals
Anyone getting back into sports

What You Get From a Physio

At Graceville Physio our team will perform a thorough examination to assess existing injuries, signs of overuse or weakness, and the general biomechanic patterns of your body.

Understanding the cause of injury, in combination with your movement habits, can help us craft a one-on-one treatment plan that will offer you a long-term solution so you can recover faster and get rid of pain. We also use this method to prevent recurring injuries and also as a preventative strategy to mitigate any future risk of injury.

We use a wide variety of techniques to achieve this so your sessions with us may include any or all of the following:

An assessment of your movement patterns and movement faults
Analysis of weaknesses in your body tension caused by overuse
Screening tests
Dry needling to relieve strain on muscles, tendons and connective tissue*
Cupping to assist with circulation
Correction and strengthening exercises
Exercise therapy
Joint mobilisation and taping techniques
Stretching techniques
Heat/cold/electrotherapy
Tips for ultimate performance & perfecting your technique
Advice on shoes, equipment, gradual return to sport etc

Ultimately, it is about bringing your body into balance so it can function at its best on and off the field. Bodies that are in balance function better than those that are not.

Our team’s goal is to optimise your maximum potential. However, sometimes, we may need to refer you to a GP or another expert if there are deeper concerns regarding your injury.

Combining your session with an additional therapy like dry needling has been shown to have great benefits in speeding up recovery, especially after injury.

We provide high-quality physiotherapy services tailored to our clients’ needs. With years of experience, we are trusted by athletes of all ages and local sports teams for our expertise in all sports injuries treatment and recovery.

Sport Specific Screening Tests

Screening is a process where a physiotherapist will look for sport-specific movement patterns that may indicate potential weakness or areas that might be prone to injury. Among other traits, the screening process will generally assess:

Muscle weakness, imbalance, co-ordination & strength
Flexibility
Posture assessment
Injury patterns and profiles (including past & current injuries and intervention)
Joint or muscular lack of range
Proprioception levels (your innate sense of where your body is in space and an important skill in reducing injury)
Cardiovascular endurance levels
Biomechanical analysis of your movement habits

Sport-specific screenings are available for elite athletes as well as anyone else participating in sports (even recreational sports).

How a Session Can Help You?

Understanding the cause of injury, in combination with your movement habits, can help us craft a treatment plan that will offer you a long-term solution. We also use this method to prevent recurring injuries and also as a preventative strategy to mitigate any future risk of injury.

Sports injury treatment will also involve stretching techniques to avoid tight structures. This helps create perfect technique with regards to movement as stretching and correct utilisation of muscles create balance through the body. Bodies in balance function better than those not. The use of acupuncture or dry needling in sports related injury treatment has shown to have great benefits in speeding up the recovery of muscles and tendons that have been injured. Our physiotherapists and exercises physiologists support the Taylor Bridge Rugby club and Women’s Rugby.

What kind of sports injuries can you treat?

Some physiotherapists will specialise in different sports (especially in the professional sector), however, in most cases they will be experienced with a wide range of sports and the specific injuries that result from them, such as tennis elbow or shin splints from running.

Why work with the sports injury experts at Graceville Physio?

Our team of sports physiotherapists and exercise physiologists are highly qualified in the treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries. Not only are we members of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, but we also have years of experience and expertise in our field.

Also, we’re able to provide all services in-house to facilitate your optimal recovery following an injury. If your injury affects your mobility and you are unable to travel, we offer a mobile physio service in Brisbane designed to get you the immediate attention and rehabilitation you need so you can be back on your feet sooner.

With our individualised approach, you can rest assured you’ll have the best in sports physio no matter if you are a professional athlete, a weekend warrior or a mum getting back into sport.