Sports Physiotherapy Munich:
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Your practice for sports physiotherapy in the center of Munich. Our physiotherapists help with the rehabilitation of injuries and overuse injuries as well as with prevention.

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Treatment

Sports physiotherapy in Munich is used in the areas of rehabilitation, injuries and overuse injuries as well as in the context of prevention. Optimized training plans are drawn up on the basis of a well-founded analysis of the type of sport and performance diagnostic tests in order to restore the athlete’s fitness for competition. Depending on the sport, special training equipment and exercises are used for balance, strength, endurance and typical movement sequences. Additional accompanying measures during competition and training also prevent undesirable developments and injuries – they help to optimize performance.

As a “special discipline” within physiotherapy, sports physiotherapy is not exclusively concerned with the therapy and care of top and high-performance athletes. In addition to recreational and amateur sports, our practice also treats and cares for people with musculoskeletal disorders and chronic conditions. Whether patient or athlete – the focus is always on the individual, the body.

In sports physiotherapy, the practical basics of (performance) physiology (tendons, connective tissue, muscles, cells) are combined with the latest findings from sports medicine, training theory and nutrition. The aim is to perfectly control the measures in prevention, therapy and rehabilitation as well as sports training. Furthermore, sports physiotherapy also brings about improvements in people who are physically inactive or barely active and need support on their way to greater mobility.

The main area of responsibility is the treatment and aftercare of acute injuries such as tendon and ligament ruptures, fractures, muscle and capsule injuries. A sound knowledge of the exact structure and function of individual tissue types is necessary for the application of therapy. The correct load parameters are determined in sports physiotherapy on the basis of the function and structure of injured structures and the underlying wound healing properties.

Disease patterns

As sports physiotherapists, we keep a very close eye on whether the phases of wound healing are proceeding according to the time norms. If deviations occur, an individual decision is required as to the intensity and type of load that can be applied. According to the five basic motor characteristics of strength, endurance, agility, speed and coordination, sports physiotherapy methods help in the following situations:

• Prevention – to prevent overuse syndromes and sports injuries
• Increasing physical performance and maintaining training
• Optimal therapy method for active people and athletes
• Improving, maintaining and regaining motor skills
• Functional and customized form of therapy for everyone
• Acute injuries
• Joint pain due to accidents
• Limited mobility with chronic conditions

The task of sports-related physiotherapy is to put together exercises and movement sequences that represent an ideal load and movement stimulus for the affected tissue. Individual variables can be customized according to the patient’s personal recovery process.

In the practice, we accompany patients from the point at which they are finally able to move until their body is fully resilient. The affected body regions are the focus of this form of therapy. Movement-limiting protective tensions in the muscles are reduced and muscle tone is built up. The entire orientation of the exercise is systematic, followed by transfer exercises. In the end, the actual target exercise – almost identical to the target movement – delivers the desired success. The movement sequences are subject to permanent objective and subjective quality criteria. A distinction is made here between the observations from a therapeutic perspective and the patient’s described perception.

Knee, shoulder, elbow, foot, hand, spine, hip or cartilage – once all functional mechanisms have been fully restored, endurance and coordination play a key role in rehabilitation work. In this phase, strength is successively generated, stabilized and built up. The gradual increase in exercise parameters slowly leads athletes and patients to the desired goal.

Billing (by health insurance company)

This form of sports physiology therapy is considered a multi-talented treatment. If movements no longer take place automatically due to various causes and if movement sequences are disturbed following a sports accident or illness, this healing method can efficiently relieve pain, maintain mobility and restore performance.

The important contribution to overall treatment is made in the context of rehabilitation. After typical sporting injuries or accidents, the procedure serves to accelerate resilience and includes sustainable build-up phases through to intensive preparation for competitions. The use of various sports physiotherapy measures is not usually an essential part of medical treatment. If you do, you can apply to your health insurance fund for a proportion of the costs to be covered.

In the field of sports physiotherapy in particular, it is important to get the right help quickly – so going to an elective therapist is often the only way to generate this support as quickly as possible.

Short waiting times, high quality and rapid recovery are offset by the therapy costs for the patient. In the case of private health and accident insurance policies, however, it is possible that contractual contents may guarantee the coverage of sports physiotherapy in our physiotherapy practice in Munich. In this case, please obtain a corresponding confirmation of assumption of costs. After each treatment, you will receive a corresponding invoice for submission.

Background / History

The concept of sports therapy physiotherapy only developed at the beginning of the 20th century. The job combination was not previously known. Today, the term physiotherapy treatment is used instead, and the original physiotherapy is only considered as a specific component. The history of remedies can be traced back to 2,000 BC. At that time, mineral and thermal springs were used for spiritual and religious cleansing and had a therapeutic side effect. Medical gymnastics was used by Indian priests as early as 1,600 BC and in China people tried to create a unity between mind and body through systematic gymnastics. It was then Hippocrates who, around 370 BC, developed the first and still valid contents of the physiotherapy form. This makes therapists one of the oldest professional groups in the healthcare sector.

The greatest influence on this treatment concept was exerted by the Swede Per Henrik Ling in the 19th century – he is considered the actual father of massage techniques and gymnastics. According to the principle: “Everyone can do sport, develop a relationship with their own body and simply enjoy it.” – was achieved in the In the 20th century, the physiological support of athletes came to the fore. Even before the First World War, competitive gymnasts and Olympic athletes were accompanied by special therapists to improve their performance in competition and relieve tension or overstrain with appropriate massages.

With the steady expansion of various sports medicine applications in professional sport, this treatment option has become increasingly accepted in society. Whether you are a competitive athlete or a hobby athlete – hardly anyone today can do without the benefits of the gymnastic method for achieving maximum freedom of movement and optimum performance capacity. Training to become a sports physiotherapist was introduced in Germany in 1994, and since then the profession has been accepted as a medical health profession.