WOW, this is my kinda website…Sport Physio with a focus on board sports
April 18, 2008
Hey All,
Stumbled across this site while I was looking for the soundtrack list for the Foursquare (North, South, East, West) DVD.
This site is either a blessing to me in disguise, or a pandoras box, that Im sure will open.
My job is a sports physio- I work with athletes of all types, but my passion is board sports. I have worked at all levels of abilities-pro, national teams, provincial teams, and everyday joe blows. The one thing that they all have in common is that they get hurt at some point or another. For some its a potential career ending knee injury (often in a place with substandard medical care), and for others its a nuisance that has taken them out for the one week where the skies decided to puke snow while they sit home bound with nothing more to show for than a stink face.
Its quite funny, when I started working in my field, I was hesitant to bring up the fact that i wanted to focus on a “non-sport” sport, for fear of being cast out in the medical community, much like many riders have felt cast out when they just didnt fit into the carbon copy mould required in many team sport communities. Then I thought to my self- screw that. Not only do I love the sport, it kills me to see a fellow rider in the dumps because they have been sidelined due to an injury. The worse part is I have seen to many riders with what I can the “skater mentality” (avoid the medical comminuty because they fear the doc will make them stop) and end up making matters worse. I tend to approach things from a damage control point of view. If its not a serious injury that warrants the riders to not ride, knowing the rider will continue regardless of what the docs say, I try to grab the injury by the horns and minimize its effect on the riders performance.
I have to say that I love that the rider community (at all levels) have been VERY appreciative of my involvement with them, which when the wallet seems tight, at least reminds me that I am helping some awesome folks, who would have possibly been overlooked as man of the medical community migrate towards helping the much more pervasive sports (ie hockey).
In any case, I will likely be posting here once in a while, perhaps with some case studies so some of you out there perhaps may learn a thing or two towards expediting your own injury recovery.
I more than welcome questions about your predicament, KEEPING IN MIND that legally speaking, I cannot treat you online, but I can tell you what things you should look out for and perhaps a dialog between us may lead us to a way to help treat your injury (or at least what direction to go–> xray, MRI, see your doc, etc…)
Thanks again for taking the time to read up
Joel Kryczka
Joel Kryczka, Sports Physiotherapist
BSc.P.T., Diploma Sports PT, BHKin(ExSc), M.C.P.A.
Pinnacle Sports Physiotherapy kelowna (BC, Canada)
(250)-764-7505
www.pinnaclesportsphysio.com
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