INJURY RECOVERY
Understanding Healing Times, Non-Linear Progress and Key Factors for Faster Recovery
HEALING TIMES
This is a great graphic that shows the average healing times for different musculoskeletal tissues. Often tissue repair takes longer than we expect so it is important to be patient!
RECOVERY IS NOT ALWAYS LINEAR
In most cases, recovering from an injury is not going to be linear, there will often be ups and downs. This can be disheartening but trust the process and remain positive!
DON’T IGNORE THESE KEY FACTORS
1. Sleep
Getting 7-8 hours of sleep is crucial to allow the body to adequately repair and recover.
2. Nutrition
Fuelling the body properly is important to support tissue repair. This is includes hydration.
3. Exercise
Often we are worried that exercise will make the injury worse, however, targeted exercises help restore strength and mobility as well as lessen the risk of re-injury.
OSTEOPATH’S ROLE
Our role as osteopaths is to treat and manage your injury from start to finish to make the healing process as efficient and effective as possible. Our treatments are aimed at restoring range of motion while reducing pain. At Ripple Osteopathy, we also pride ourselves on patient education so that you have the tools to get the best long term outcomes.
