Physiotherapy for kid’s sports injuries is becoming more and more relevant. Recently, we have seen that children and teenagers are becoming more active than ever. Whether it’s taking part at the level of competitive, clubs, camps, or recreational activities, most children are involved in some way. As we know, physical activities are great for their physical, mental and overall development. However, it also puts them at risk of certain injuries. As a child’s bones, muscles, and ligaments are still growing and developing, this makes them vulnerable to certain injuries that can be different from adults. Sports physiotherapy plays a vital role in helping young athletes recover fast, return to sport safely, and prevent future injuries. What are common sports injuries in children and teenagers? Concussions are traumatic head injuries are very common in contact sports, and an increasingly large body of research continues to support how serious these types of injuries…

Image by Freepik Physiotherapy for children, also known as pediatric physiotherapy, diagnoses and treats a wide variety of conditions and disorders, just like in adults. For example, the usual pulled muscles, sprained ligaments, and broken bones are treated in children very similarly to adults and physiotherapists treat these with expertise. Additionally, some conditions are exclusive to, or more likely to be seen in infants, children, and adolescents. Thus, some physiotherapists specialize in pediatric physiotherapy, to treat these more chronic conditions. In this blog, we discuss the most common conditions seen in physiotherapy, and how a session may be structured differently in adults versus children. Most Common Conditions and Disorders 1. Osgoode Schlatter’s Disease: Firstly, pain is caused by inflammation of the patellar (knee cap) tendon at the bone below the knee. It most commonly affects adolescent, athletic males. 2. Orthopedic conditions: Includes conditions affecting bones, muscles,…