The Contribution Of Physical Therapy To Handball Shoulder Injuries

Abstract

Physical therapy represents a very important factor in the recovery of shoulder trauma for performance handball players. Performing a prophylactic program of exercises or practicing physical therapy for rehabilitation after a lesion, can improve general health and parameters as muscular strength, range of motion, quality of life or pain. Scientific literature proves the need of further studies regarding rehabilitation of shoulder trauma in sports that involve overhead throwing, such as handball. For this paper we conducted research for 25 performance handball players which followed specific recovery exercises, and conducted initial and final tests to observe if physical therapy is efficient for recovery of shoulder trauma. After comparing the results, we observed significant improvement of range of motion, muscular strength, blood circulation, pretension, functional parameters, quality of life and decrease of pain. Through this study we proved that physical therapy improves significantly all the parameters a handball player needs to improve in order to benefit of a faster and more efficient recovery from trauma.