02/08/2025
👀 Did you know that Kathy Kavanagh and BodyMed are Leinster Senior League approved Physiotherapy providers for Leinster Senior League Football?
⚽️ Football is a high-risk sport for injuries, with rates varying by age, s*x and level of play.
INJURY STATS
🦵🏻As you would expect, lower extremity injuries (legs, knees, ankles, thighs) account for 80-85% of football injuries
🏃🏽♂️Muscle / tendon injuries are most common in males (Robles-Palazon et al 2021)
🏃🏻♀️Joint / ligament injuries are most common in females (Mayhew et al 2021)
🦵🏻Hamstring injuries have increased and now make up 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football (Ekstrand et al 2022)
🏟️Injury rates are 7-10 times higher in matches than training (Lopez-Valenciano et al 2019)
😮💨 Thankfully, minor injuries (1-3 days lost) are the most frequently sustained injuries (Lopez-Valenciano et al 2019)
ROLE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
⏱️Pre-season screenings and movement assessments
🏋🏻♀️ Individualised injury prevention programmes
🏃🏽♂️Load monitoring
🤓 Education on correct biomechanics, warm-up and recovery strategies
🩻Accurate diagnosis
👐🏼 Treatment (with Premiership Physios drawing on a combination of hands-on treatment as well as modalities like Shockwave, High Intensity Laser and muscle stimulators - all of which we have at BodyMed!)
🥅 Rehabilitation (functional testing and performance metrics, neuromuscular retraining to return to play)
⭐️As an official approved provider for the Leinster Senior League, our expert team at BodyMed is here to keep you fit, fast, and match-ready all season long.
👩🏼⚕️ Whether you’re recovering from injury, looking to improve mobility, or want a proactive injury prevention plan — we’ve got you covered with evidence-based physiotherapy, manual therapy, High Intensity Laser, rehab and more.
📍 Preferential rates for LSL players
🧠 Expert care tailored to footballers
💪 Trusted by teams across the league
👉 Book in today and see why more LSL players are choosing BodyMed to stay on top of their game.
📩 Email us at info@bodymed.ie or book online at www.bodymed.ie