Sports Injury Treatment in Bath
An injury can be particularly frustrating when it stops you training, competing or simply doing an activity you enjoy.
Charlie assesses and treats a range of minor musculoskeletal sports injuries affecting muscles, joints and surrounding tissues, combining hands-on treatment with rehabilitation to help you return to activity.
Understanding Sports Injuries
Sports injuries can affect anyone who is physically active.
You might develop pain while running, playing rugby or football, lifting weights, cycling, playing racquet sports or simply increasing how much exercise you are doing.
Some injuries happen suddenly. Others build gradually as training load, recovery and the demands on a particular area begin to exceed what it can comfortably tolerate.
Charlie looks at both the painful area and what you need your body to do when you return to your chosen activity.
What sports injuries can Charlie assess?
Charlie treats minor musculoskeletal injuries affecting muscles, joints and surrounding tissues.
Common presentations can include problems involving the back, neck, shoulders and other joints, together with muscle and soft tissue injuries.
He can also assess shoulder problems such as rotator cuff-related pain and consider the wider musculoskeletal factors involved in symptoms around areas such as the elbow.
Treatment, Rehabilitation and Return to Sport
Your assessment starts with understanding how the injury happened, what movements aggravate it and what level of activity you need to return to.
Charlie can assess movement, strength and function before building a plan that progresses with you.
Treatment can include:
• Joint manipulation or mobilisation
• Soft tissue treatment
• Dry needling
• Mobility work
• Strengthening exercises
• Gym-based rehabilitation
• Advice on training load
• Gradual return-to-sport planning
Treatment and rehabilitation are designed to reduce symptoms while rebuilding the strength, movement and tolerance you need for your sport or activity.
Returning to training
Charlie can help you work out what you can continue doing while recovering and how to build activity back up.
For some people that means returning to running. For others it might be lifting, rugby, cycling, golf or simply getting back to regular exercise with greater confidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to stop exercising completely after a sports injury?
Often, activity can be adapted while you recover.
Charlie can help you decide which movements to maintain, which to modify and how to build your training back up.
Can chiropractic treatment be part of sports injury rehabilitation?
Yes.
Charlie combines hands-on chiropractic treatment with exercise and rehabilitation for suitable minor musculoskeletal sports injuries.
The balance between treatment and exercise depends on the injury and what you are trying to return to.
Do you treat rotator cuff problems?
Charlie can assess rotator cuff-related shoulder problems and other musculoskeletal causes of shoulder pain.
Treatment can combine hands-on care with progressive shoulder strengthening and rehabilitation.
What about pain around the elbow?
Elbow pain can sometimes be influenced by the wider musculoskeletal system, including the neck and upper limb.
Charlie can assess how the area is functioning and whether related musculoskeletal factors are contributing to your symptoms.
Charlie’s Approach
Charlie played rugby for years and has experienced plenty of injuries himself. He understands how frustrating it is when pain keeps you away from sport and movement.
His approach combines treatment with rehabilitation, with the aim of helping you get back to doing what you enjoy and giving your body the capacity to cope with it.
About Charlie
Charlie Fry is a Bath-born chiropractor registered with the General Chiropractic Council and a member of the British Chiropractic Association.
His lifelong interest in sport and movement shapes a practical, evidence-based approach to treatment and rehabilitation. Read more about Charlie on our About page.
Appointments and fees
All new patients start with an Initial Consultation and Treatment appointment.
Initial Consultation and Treatment: 60 minutes, £80.
Follow-up Treatment: 30 minutes, £50.
