Medical treatment is always only a supplement to the overall treatment of sports injuries. The overall treatment is, as stated under rehabilitation, generally ‘active rest’ with increasing load within the pain threshold. If the practitioner is not familiar with the general principles of rehabilitation, medical treatment of sports injuries should not be initiated.
Indications for supplementing sports medicine treatment with medication are as follows:
Pain control:
Control of ‘inflammatory reactions’ (inflammation control):
There are no medications or treatments that make injuries heal quickly!
