Patna: An workshop on the importance of physiotherapy in sports was organised at the Nirmalkaya Physio Centre in Patna on Thursday.
Addressing the workshop, well-known physiotherapist Dr Kundan Kumar said that physiotherapy is a very old treatment. He said that nowadays injuries have become a common thing in sports, and physiotherapy treatment is very beneficial in this injury.
In physiotherapy treatment, many mediums, including electrotherapy, exercise therapy, and ice therapy, are prescribed to heal the injury. Ligament injuries are very dangerous in sports. This affects the performance of the players, sometimes they have to be out of the game. Physiotherapy treatment provides a lot of help in this situation. This improves the endurance, power, flexibility, and range of motion of the players, he said.
Short wave therapy, ultrasonic therapy, wax therapy, hot therapy, traction vacuum therapy, and cupping therapy are also used in this treatment, he added.
Sportspersons and other physiotherapists, including Manish, Mohit, Govind, Shweta, Ravi, Gaurav, and Manish Junior, were present in the workshop. Santosh Tiwari, general secretary of the Sardar Patel Sports Foundation, welcomed the guests.
