Sports physiotherapy is intended for people who have suffered an injury during sports and want to resume their sports activities as quickly as possible. Or for people who have suffered an injury in some other way that currently prevents them from resuming their sports practice. Also for people who are not currently exercising but would like to do so. How do you approach this? Which exercise programs are suitable for you? Even if you have a chronic illness or disability? Professional work... The sports physiotherapist will help you if you have an injury or are overtrained. You want to get back to work as quickly as possible. If necessary, with an alternative training schedule, but you want to continue exercising if possible and maintain your fitness. A sports physiotherapist understands what happens during sports and therefore understands how you got injured. The treatment is tailored to your capabilities and to the sport you practice. He or she looks at your motor skills and analyzes the injury that has occurred. Aspects such as coordination, speed, flexibility, strength and endurance are included in the treatment. Your sports physiotherapist can choose from various treatment options such as exercise programs with or without the use of training equipment. Braces or taping, mobilizing techniques and various supporting and advanced diagnostic or treatment equipment such as these can also be part of the treatment. For which complaints and questions is sports physiotherapy suitable? Of course sports injuries, such as runner's or jumper's knee, knee complaints, heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendon problems etc etc. other complaints that prevent you from exercising injury prevention advice in your choice of a particular sport, best approach, material, clothing and footwear sports medical guidance of training programs and performance improvement first aid: first aid for sports accidents Whether physiotherapy can also solve your complaint must be shown during the screening and/or the intake and examination, but it also depends on your own efforts. What happens during the first consultation? If you come without a referral (which is possible nowadays), an appointment will be made for a screening. During the screening, your complaint will be extensively examined and it will be determined whether there is an indication for sports physiotherapy. It will also be determined whether it might be wise for your complaints to first be examined by a general practitioner and/or specialist. If this is the case, the sports physiotherapist will contact your GP and refer you back. If there is an indication for sports physiotherapy, an intake and examination will follow the screening. Additional information may be requested and a physical examination will take place. The sports physiotherapist not only looks at the complaint itself, but also investigates what causes the complaint. The sports physiotherapist also examines whether the patient has other physical problems that can be attributed to the complaint. Based on the results, a treatment plan will be drawn up with you, a prognosis given and an appointment for treatment made. Your GP or specialist can also refer you. In that case, no screening will take place; the referring doctor has already done this. The procedure for referral is the same as the above after screening. The ultrasound is also often used to confirm the diagnosis and monitor the progression of recovery.