Injuries we treat
At our Nea Smyrni physiotherapy clinic we work with recreational and competitive athletes across all sports — football, basketball, running, martial arts, weightlifting, tennis.
- Ankle sprains (all grades)
- Quadriceps, hamstring and adductor strains
- ACL and collateral ligament tears
- Meniscal tears
- Achilles and patellar tendinopathy
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia)
- Shoulder impingement and instability
- Shin splints and iliotibial band syndrome
- Training- or lifting-related low back pain
The assessment: why it happened, not just what happened
An injury is rarely just bad luck. There is often an underlying driver: a strength imbalance between sides, restricted mobility at a joint, a sudden jump in training volume, or an old injury that never fully resolved.
At the first session we assess range of motion, strength, neuromuscular control and your training history. If the underlying driver isn't found and addressed, the same injury tends to come back.
From the acute phase to return to play
In the acute phase the priority is controlling pain and swelling and protecting the injured tissue. We use manual therapy, Tecar therapy and controlled movement — prolonged complete immobilisation is no longer considered good practice for most musculoskeletal injuries.
From there we build load progressively. Therapeutic exercise moves from basic strengthening into plyometric and power work, then change of direction, and finally movements that mirror your actual sport.
Before returning you to full play we check objective criteria: strength symmetry between limbs, landing and control quality, absence of pain under load. The return date is set by what your body can actually do, not by the calendar.
Prevention — the work that saves a season
If you've been injured once, the single biggest risk factor for the next injury is that previous one. We design prevention programmes — strengthening weak links, improving mobility and managing training load — for athletes who'd rather stay out of the clinic.
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