Does a sports medicine perform sports physiotherapy?

The physiotherapist assesses how you move, where strength or control is limited, and what your sport requires. Treatment may include education, mobility work, progressive strengthening, balance training, manual techniques and drills that resemble your training. The programme can address a new injury, recovery after an operation, recurring problems or preparation for a demanding event. A sports medicine doctor can investigate diagnosis, arrange imaging when needed and coordinate care with the physiotherapist.

Describe your training volume, surface, footwear, equipment, position and goals. Bring relevant scans or operation notes and wear clothing that permits movement. Practise the home plan consistently, but use symptoms to guide load changes. Keep track of which drills bring on pain, swelling or loss of control so the clinician can adjust the programme instead of simply increasing effort.

Get urgent medical help for a serious injury with deformity, inability to bear weight, rapidly increasing swelling, loss of sensation, sudden weakness, or a cold or discoloured limb. Arrange review if symptoms worsen despite modifying activity, a joint repeatedly gives way, or exercise causes persistent pain that changes how you walk or use the limb.

What is the working diagnosis? Which exercises match my sport? How should I adjust training this week? What signs show that my load is too high? When should my programme be reassessed?