Physiotherapy for Crossfit Athletes in Glasgow
CrossFit is a high-intensity fitness regimen that combines elements from many sports and strength and conditioning.
What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is a high-intensity fitness regimen that combines elements from many sports and strength and conditioning. It is increasing in popularity across Glasgow and Scotland. The aim of CrossFit is to enhance all-around fitness with strength-based workouts that provide a bit of variety and challenge. It includes exercises such as weightlifting, powerlifting and cardiovascular exercises. The famous CrossFit workout of the day (WOD) is meant to target various aspects of your physical fitness, from strength and endurance to agility and balance.
Common CrossFit Exercises
Box Jumps: A combination of jumping again and off a durable container, it assists leg power and overall stamina.
Deadlifts: picking up a barbell from the ground to the hips and then placing it back down, engages the back, glutes, and hamstrings primarily
Kettlebell Swings: involving swinging a kettlebell from between the knees to above the head; increases core and lower back strength.
Wall Balls: the fastest way to throw a medicine ball high against a wall and catch it in a perfect squat; this works both upper body, lower body and coordination!
Burpees: A full-body exercise that combines a squat, jump and push-up, also great for both cardiovascular fitness and muscle endurance.
Olympic lifts: Snatches and Clean & Jerks for powerful explosive strength and total-body functionality.
Gymnastic movements: From pull-ups and handstands to ring-based movements, these challenge your ability to handle your bodyweight and mobility.
Common Injuries in CrossFit
CrossFit is a relatively high-intensity sport with complex movements performed with intensity and, as such, there is a risk of injury when performing.
Muscle Strains: Lifting too heavy or not warming up sufficiently can cause strains to muscles, especially of the shoulders, back and hamstrings.
Tendinopathy/ Tendinitis: Overuse can lead to tendon pains, particularly in the wrists, knees and elbows.
Rotator Cuff Injuries: The shoulder's rotator cuff can sustain injury during overhead lifts and throws due to the intense loads demanded on this region.
Knee Injuries: If you perform deep squats or box jumps, you may be prone to knee injuries including ligament sprains or meniscus injuries.
Lower Back Pain: Overloading with moves such as deadlifts and snatches can lead to lower back injuries.
How The Physio Clinic Glasgow Can Help CrossFit Athletes
At The Physio Clinic Glasgow, we know the frustration of injury and the effect that it can have on your mental well-being. We understand the importance of keeping you active, not just in terms of your physical health but for your psychological and social well-being. We offer tailored solutions specific to our clients and their diagnosis, offering bespoke treatment and rehabilitation programmes which supplement your regular coaching to help you feel better.
Physiotherapy Assessment and Treatment From Experienced Physiotherapists
With a focus on evidence-based practice, our experienced, fully qualified expert physiotherapists will perform a thorough initial assessment, allowing us to give you a simple explanation for your injury or pain.
Your physiotherapist will guide you through your personalised rehabilitation plan to ensure it meets your needs and fits into your schedule.
Your detailed rehab plan is emailed directly, with video demonstrations and guidance on how to tackle your injury between sessions. We will continue to manage any performance-related issues to improve your performance, and get you pain-free and back into your local CrossFit gym.
From helping you rehabilitate a pesky injury to injury prevention into the future, we have got you covered.
Physiotherapy Review, Rehabilitation and Exercise
In the review sessions following your assessment, we discuss your injury management, your goals, and how we can achieve them through effective conditioning.
Your recovery progress is continually measured and evaluated, and your recovery plan is modified where necessary to guarantee results. We strive to adapt all of our plans to evolve with your changing requirements.
We will always work through any change in plan with you in our rehab space to ensure the plan works for you and addresses any symptoms effectively. This includes exercise observations and adjustments that we will sign off on once they are spot on.
Sports Massage
Whether it is for recovery or relaxation, our fully qualified massage therapist will be able to deliver a professional sports massage session tailored to your needs. That means you choose the duration, the areas requiring attention, and the intensity.
Choose a 30/45/60/90 slot to suit you. Not sure what's best? Send an enquiry through our 'contact' page!
Telehealth Assessment
Can’t make it into our Glasgow clinic? Not to worry: we can deliver a thorough assessment and plan for you over a video call - thank you, technology!
We are pleased that we can now make physiotherapy more accessible for all, being well-versed in effective, remote pain management and rehabilitation.
If you need help from one of our physiotherapists but cannot make it into the clinic itself, we are only a video call away.
Get In Touch and Make An Appointment Today With Our Physiotherapist
At the Physio Clinic Glasgow, we promote self-efficacy. This means putting you in power. It also means you will enhance your mobility and reduce the risk of injury. Never hear us say: “Just rest it and take some painkillers”. Physiotherapy is an evidence-based health profession, and all the evidence points towards keeping active to promote better health outcomes in the short AND long term.
Not only will we manage your current injury and pain, but we will also show you how to make sure it does not return to hinder your activity in the future.