Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Common Golf Injuries and How Physiotherapy Helps

Golf might not look like a high-impact sport, but the repetitive rotational force of the swing places significant demand on the body. Golf injuries are far more common than most players expect, ranging from a nagging wrist ache after a long range session to a lower back issue that flares up mid-round. Most of these

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Massage for recovery in tennis players: Key areas to focus on

Tennis is a highly demanding sport that places repetitive stress on the body through sprinting, rapid changes of direction, powerful serves, and repeated overhead strokes. Matches can last several hours, requiring not only strength and speed, but muscular endurance and joint resilience. Over time, this can lead to muscle tightness, fatigue, reduced mobility, and an increased

Wellness

The Benefits of Acupuncture for Tennis Players: Enhancing Performance and Recovery

Before diving in, it’s helpful to understand the distinction between acupuncture and dry needling. While both techniques involve inserting fine needles into the body, acupuncture is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine and focuses on restoring overall balance and energy flow (Qi), whereas dry needling is based on Western medicine principles and primarily targets muscle trigger

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Myotherapy vs Remedial Massage Therapy: What’s the Difference?

Looking for the best Myotherapist or Remedial Massage Therapist in Malvern? If you’re experiencing muscle pain, stiffness, headaches, sporting injuries or ongoing aches and pains, you may be wondering which treatment is right for you. At Ace Sports Clinic Malvern, we offer both Myotherapy and Remedial Massage Therapy as part of our integrated healthcare team. While the treatments share many

Runner on an athletics track holding their shin in pain, showing symptoms of shin splints or a stress fracture in Malvern.
Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Is It Shin Splints or a Stress Fracture?

If you’re a runner, dancer or other high-impact sport athlete, one wrong step can be a highway to lower leg pain. We see a lot of accidental overuse injuries at Ace Sports Clinic, but there are two that stand out: shin splints and stress fractures.  While no pain should be ignored, it is important to

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Beneath the Pointe: What a Ballet Injury Does to Your Body

Key Takeaway: Ballet injuries commonly occur due to repetitive loading, extreme ranges of motion, and premature progression into pointe work. The most affected areas include the feet, ankles, hips and lower back, where small technique or strength deficits can lead to overload over time. Ballet is a uniquely beautiful art form that professional dancers make

The Rehab Process for a Ruptured Achilles Tendon
Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

The Rehab Process for a Ruptured Achilles Tendon

A ruptured achilles tendon is one of the most disruptive injuries for athletes.  It takes months of recovery to get back to playing normally.  The rehab process during those months determines how well you heal and whether you are able to get back on the field without any issues. Poor or insufficient rehabilitation can slow

Osteopathy adds a holistic, hands-on approach to healing tennis injuries
Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Osteopathy adds a holistic, hands-on approach to healing tennis injuries

Many tennis injuries result from load transfer problems rather than local tissue failure.  For example, tennis elbow is often linked to poor shoulder control, thoracic stiffness or grip overload.  Rotator cuff pain can also be driven by poor scapular mechanics or rib/thoracic restrictions.  Tennis injuries are multi-factorial: A 2025 systematic review on tennis-serve injury risk

common tennis injuries and how physio helps
All • Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Common Tennis Injuries and How Physiotherapy Helps You Recover Safely

Tennis is a high-speed, high-repetition sport that places significant mechanical and energetic demands on the body.  It combines explosive sprints, rapid changes of direction, rotational power, and repetitive overhead movements. Because of this, injuries in tennis are rarely accidental — they are usually the result of repetitive, asymmetric movement patterns, muscular imbalances, and progressive overload.

sports massage for tennis
All • Exercise • High-Performance

Sports Massage for Tennis: Recovery, Resilience & High Performance

Tennis players demand explosive speed, rotational power, endurance, and focus — from juniors pushing through tournaments to adults chasing wins on the weekend. What often separates good players from great ones is not just training harder — it’s recovering smarter. At Ace Sports Clinic, remedial massage is more than a “nice to have luxury”.  It’s