SPORTS INJURY

Sports injury means injury to the musculoskeletal system while doing supporting activity or running jumping lifting heavy weight or any type of physically strenuous activity.

  • Ligaments
  • Muscles
  • Tendons
  • Nerves( occasionally)
  • Bones
  • Cartilages
  • Clinical examination by your doctor
  • X-Ray
  • MRI – very useful to diagnose muscle ligament or tendon injury
  • City scan (occasionally)

A sports injury can be treated with

  • Rest
  • Avoidance of spotting activity of physically strenuous activities
  • Pain-relieving medication
  • Muscles tendons and ligaments healing medication
  • Cartilage vitamins
  • Injections
  • Exercise or rehabilitation
  • Surgery (in some patients)

Yes, In some patients who are not responding to non-surgical treatments for those who are having a specific pattern of injuries not amenable to non-surgical treatment.

This is microsurgery where we introduce a camera (arthroscope) inside the injured part (mostly joints) through small holes that is a keyhole and perform the surgery.

It depends on the severity of the injury site of injury duration of injury acceptor it may vary from 3 weeks to 6 months.

All the titanium implants are MRI compatible. Some Steel implants are also MRI compatible but not all.