It is not uncommon, during the initial stages of injury for the Martial Artist to have fears that they may not be able to return to training and that their Martial Arts career is over. Any of you that have been there will understand what I mean. Again, luckily those fears are often unfounded, even for quite severe injuries.

Finding a good physician is vital in aiding recovery to full or near full fitness. Many injuries just need a helping hand, so it’s well worth spending out some money on treatment. You’d be surprised how much a qualified person can do to help. Providing that is, that you have found a good practitioner!

Personal recommendations via satisfied customers are often a reliable way to find a good physician. Just because a person is highly qualified doesn’t mean they are good at what they do!

Many are not sympathetic towards how you got injured and your want to continue doing your activity. A lot will advise you that you will have to give up your sport, when very often that advise is not correct. Not only does an injury need to heal, but you then need to rehabilitate your body so it can again take the stresses of your activities without becoming re-injured, which so frequently happens once an area has become injured.

Below I have compiled a list of physicians that I myself highly recommended as a result of my own experiences of them treating my injuries and then putting together rehabilitation regimes to get me fit again. I would definitely say it would be worth travelling a fair way to visit them!