SPORTING INJURIES

These are commonly seen in pain clinics — particularly injuries that occur in Australian Rules football which are colloquially known as ‘groin strain’.

These injuries occur in otherwise healthy young athletes who continually injure a particular muscle, or muscle group. The injuries are sometimes associated with very little physical evidence and yet are totally disabling.

Treatments Conventional physiotherapy techniques are sometimes ineffective and may even lead to operations which are sometimes inadequate or inappropriate.

In recent years, the application of techniques more commonly used with chronic pain patients, such as acupuncture and TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation), have led to an improvement in some.

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