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[Pain relief in sports injuries--emergency measures yield good results]
A Andrén-Sandberg1, O Thorsson
1Kirurgisk Haukeland universitetssjukhus, Bergen, Norge. agan@haukeland.no
Lakartidningen
|March 5, 1999
Abstract:
The reason for an athlete to consult a physician is almost always pain in some form. Several non-pharmacological alternative remedies are practised in sports medicine, which may be worth knowing about and even of use in other fields of medicine. Such practices include compression treatment, body part elevation, and cryotherapy, which have precise indications but also important limitations. The use of analgesia to mask sports injuries is not only ethically dubious, but also difficult practically as it is seldom possible to obtain adequate pain relief without significantly impairing performance.