We are a welcoming clinic in Blackheath, South East London, providing sports injury clinic services alongside a range of physical therapy treatments including sports massage, osteopathy and dry needling. We are easily accessible from the surrounding areas including Greenwich, Lewisham, Charlton and South East London, and also treat many related conditions including elbow pain and tennis elbow, knee pain, and foot pain and plantar fasciitis.
We know that sports injuries are frustrating and that you want to get back to your sport as quickly as possible. Booking is easy with our online system, and face-to-face appointments are usually available within 24-48 hours of booking.
Our skilled and experienced practitioners take a person-centred approach and are dedicated to helping you back to full health, whatever your age, activity level or health goals. Our osteopaths are fully registered with the General Osteopathic Council and Institute of Osteopathy.
We are experienced in treating many common sports injuries in our London sports injury clinic. Injuries which we typically see include:
Whatever injury is stopping you from your sport, we can help you heal faster with a bespoke treatment and rehabilitation plan, or refer you for further tests or other treatment if appropriate following an initial assessment and diagnosis.
Booking is simple using our online system and face-to-face appointments are usually available within 24-48 hours.
If you have any questions on how we can help, the treatments we offer or whether we are the most appropriate treatment for your particular injury, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be more than happy to advise.
There are essentially two types of sporting injury. An acute injury is one that happens suddenly, typically either a trauma (direct contact) injury such as a bad tackle or fall, or a sprain/strain/tear – for example by overreaching – where you feel sudden pain, perhaps swelling or redness, and an inability to move or touch the affected area without pain.
A chronic injury is one that builds up over time due to overuse of a certain part of the body. These are typically forms of tendinitis such as tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow, plantar fasciitis (pain in the bottom of the foot) or knee pain caused by running. Certain sports obviously put you more at risk of some injuries than others, for example playing a lot of racket sports will give you a higher likelihood of developing a chronic shoulder or elbow injury.
We understand that you want to get back to sport as soon as possible, however many injuries are made worse by trying to return to full activity or reloading an injured joint or muscle before the body is ready.
Gradual reloading and return to activity is best done under the supervision of a physical therapist experienced in sporting injuries. We are able to assess the rate of healing using palpation and test how the affected area reacts under different conditions, to understand when the area is still vulnerable to further injury even though it feels fine. We will provide you with a bespoke rehabilitation and reloading plan to ensure your safe return to your sport quickly and safely.
Sports injuries can be frustrating, worrying and disappointing. You may have trained hard for an event in which you may no longer be able to compete or miss valuable training time ahead of. You may feel that you are letting down your team or that you may lose your place, or worry about all kinds of factors such as weight gain, loss of motivation, or simply not being able to achieve your goals.
The first and most important thing to keeping a positive mental outlook is to get a professional diagnosis and treatment plan for your injury, to know that you are in the hands of physical therapy experts who will give you a timeline for recovery. We will also give you personalised exercises and stretches, and help you to understand the injury and the healing process so you can take a proactive role in your recovery and feel positive that you are working your way back to top condition.
In dealing with the negative emotions that come with sporting injury, it is important to accept these feelings and give yourself time to understand and process them. Try to stay positive, think about future events you will be able to participate in, and use the downtime to work on your sport in other ways, for example studying great players and doing the exercises your physical therapist has given you.
If a sports injury is really getting you down you may want to consider speaking to a sports psychologist. We also recommend the book The Brave Athlete, which provides excellent information on all aspects of sports psychology including recovery from injury.
Booking is simple using our online system and face-to-face appointments are usually available within 24-48 hours.
If you have any questions on how we can help, the treatments we offer or whether we are the most appropriate treatment for your particular injury, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be more than happy to advise.
Osteopathy is an ideal treatment for most minor sports injuries, and we offer osteopathic treatment alongside other treatment modalities including sports massage and dry needling. Following your initial diagnosis, your osteopath will explain the most appropriate treatments for your particular injury, provide you with a bespoke treatment plan, and give you an idea of how long it should take for you to return to full activity.
Osteopaths use a range of physical therapy techniques, most of which are not unique to osteopathy. These include direct joint and spinal manipulation, joint mobilisation, and soft tissue techniques such as deep tissue massage. Osteopaths take a whole-body approach and may tell you that you were particularly prone to a certain injury due to tightness or misalignment elsewhere in the body. Your osteopath will assess your general biomechanics, work on any problem areas, and give you advice unique to your particular body on how to avoid further injury on your return to your sport.
We are a welcoming clinic, experienced in treating a wide range of sports injuries using osteopathy, sports massage and dry needling. At your initial appointment we will provide you with a professional diagnosis and bespoke treatment plan, with a timeline for return to your sport and advice on how to recover and how to avoid further injury based on your unique biomechanics.
Booking is simple using our online system and face-to-face appointments are usually available within 24-48 hours. If you have any questions on how we can help, the treatments we offer or whether we are the most appropriate treatment for your particular injury, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be more than happy to advise.
The information on this page has been reviewed for accuracy by Nirosan Sriskandarajah MOst, osteopath and clinical director of Sphere Osteopathic Clinic.
Sphere Osteopathic Clinic
5 Delacourt Road
Blackheath
London SE3 8XA
