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BodyLab Osteopathie, Physiotherapie, Rehabilitation und Training

Sports Therapy in Zurich

Sports Therapy in Zurich

Sports Therapy in Zurich

Emilie Pataki
Milena Hug
Michael Kramer
Yannick Hallemans
Emilie Pataki
Nina Pyschny
Jasper Mocking
Alfons Aliu

Optimize your athletic performance, overcome injuries, and come back stronger – with professional sports therapy, we're here to support you on your journey to personal excellence.

Optimize your athletic performance, overcome injuries, and come back stronger – with professional sports therapy, we're here to support you on your journey to personal excellence.

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Why Choose Sports Therapy?

Benefits of Sports Therapy

Sports therapy is the key to unlocking your optimal athletic performance—whether you’re looking to get back into your sport after an injury or want to elevate your abilities to the next level. By combining manual therapy with functional training, not only will you gain a deeper intellectual understanding of your body, but you'll also develop a keener body awareness. This heightened awareness helps you listen to your body's signals and recognize signs of overexertion early on.

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Back to Your Best Shape

Return to your sport safely after injuries or elevate your performance to a new level. We optimize your movements for maximum efficiency.

Back to Your Best Shape

Return to your sport safely after injuries or elevate your performance to a new level. We optimize your movements for maximum efficiency.

Back to Your Best Shape

Return to your sport safely after injuries or elevate your performance to a new level. We optimize your movements for maximum efficiency.

Understand Your Body

Develop a deeper understanding of your body - both intellectually and intuitively. Learn the biomechanics of your movements and feel what truly benefits you.

Understand Your Body

Develop a deeper understanding of your body - both intellectually and intuitively. Learn the biomechanics of your movements and feel what truly benefits you.

Understand Your Body

Develop a deeper understanding of your body - both intellectually and intuitively. Learn the biomechanics of your movements and feel what truly benefits you.

Sustainable Pain Relief

Don't just treat the symptoms, address the causes. Through targeted manual therapy and functional training, you can achieve lasting pain relief and improved quality of life.

Sustainable Pain Relief

Don't just treat the symptoms, address the causes. Through targeted manual therapy and functional training, you can achieve lasting pain relief and improved quality of life.

Sustainable Pain Relief

Don't just treat the symptoms, address the causes. Through targeted manual therapy and functional training, you can achieve lasting pain relief and improved quality of life.

Preventing Injuries

By perfectly coordinating and harmonizing all the involved tissues—muscles, fascia, tendons, and ligaments—we lay the foundation for stable movements and significantly reduce the risk of injury.

Preventing Injuries

By perfectly coordinating and harmonizing all the involved tissues—muscles, fascia, tendons, and ligaments—we lay the foundation for stable movements and significantly reduce the risk of injury.

Preventing Injuries

By perfectly coordinating and harmonizing all the involved tissues—muscles, fascia, tendons, and ligaments—we lay the foundation for stable movements and significantly reduce the risk of injury.

In a nutshell

What is sports therapy?

Sports therapy is a specialized field of physiotherapy and osteopathy that unites two key pillars: manual therapy to release blockages and tension, and targeted rehabilitation to restore and optimize your athletic functions. In sports, issues often arise from an imbalance between load and capability—whether through acute traumas like inversion injuries, ligament injuries (lateral, cruciate, or medial), or fractures, muscular problems like strains, stiffness, and imbalances, or insidious overuse syndromes such as tendinitis or stress fractures.

This is where sports therapy comes in: We analyze your unique movement patterns, identify weak spots, and develop a tailored therapy plan that not only relieves your pain but also prevents potential future injuries.

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Understanding Sports Therapy

Detailed Sports Therapy

The Two Pillars of Successful Sports Therapy

In modern sports therapy, we employ a holistic approach that combines manual techniques with active training. After a trauma or injury, whether large or small, it is crucial to address both aspects: Manual therapy relieves adhesions, improves joint mobility, and reduces pain. The subsequent rehabilitation systematically rebuilds strength, coordination, and sport-specific movement patterns.

The Two Pillars of Successful Sports Therapy

In modern sports therapy, we employ a holistic approach that combines manual techniques with active training. After a trauma or injury, whether large or small, it is crucial to address both aspects: Manual therapy relieves adhesions, improves joint mobility, and reduces pain. The subsequent rehabilitation systematically rebuilds strength, coordination, and sport-specific movement patterns.

The Two Pillars of Successful Sports Therapy

In modern sports therapy, we employ a holistic approach that combines manual techniques with active training. After a trauma or injury, whether large or small, it is crucial to address both aspects: Manual therapy relieves adhesions, improves joint mobility, and reduces pain. The subsequent rehabilitation systematically rebuilds strength, coordination, and sport-specific movement patterns.

From the acute phase to full resilience

The path back to sports follows a clear structure: First, we focus on pain relief and restoring basic functions. Through therapeutic exercises, you progressively enhance your strength and coordination. Functional exercises then specifically prepare you for the unique demands of your sport. This progressive approach ensures that you return to your sport not only symptom-free but also more resilient than ever before.

From the acute phase to full resilience

The path back to sports follows a clear structure: First, we focus on pain relief and restoring basic functions. Through therapeutic exercises, you progressively enhance your strength and coordination. Functional exercises then specifically prepare you for the unique demands of your sport. This progressive approach ensures that you return to your sport not only symptom-free but also more resilient than ever before.

From the acute phase to full resilience

The path back to sports follows a clear structure: First, we focus on pain relief and restoring basic functions. Through therapeutic exercises, you progressively enhance your strength and coordination. Functional exercises then specifically prepare you for the unique demands of your sport. This progressive approach ensures that you return to your sport not only symptom-free but also more resilient than ever before.

Customized Analysis as the Foundation of Success

Every athlete is unique, just like your injury history, movement patterns, and athletic goals. That's why every successful sports therapy starts with a comprehensive movement analysis and functional diagnostics. We don't just examine the injured structure; we analyze your entire movement chain, identify muscular imbalances, and uncover compensatory movement patterns.

Customized Analysis as the Foundation of Success

Every athlete is unique, just like your injury history, movement patterns, and athletic goals. That's why every successful sports therapy starts with a comprehensive movement analysis and functional diagnostics. We don't just examine the injured structure; we analyze your entire movement chain, identify muscular imbalances, and uncover compensatory movement patterns.

Customized Analysis as the Foundation of Success

Every athlete is unique, just like your injury history, movement patterns, and athletic goals. That's why every successful sports therapy starts with a comprehensive movement analysis and functional diagnostics. We don't just examine the injured structure; we analyze your entire movement chain, identify muscular imbalances, and uncover compensatory movement patterns.

Manual lymphatic drainage during pregnancy

Sports Therapy

Tip

Listen to your body. Pain is a warning signal, not a sign of weakness.

Manual lymphatic drainage during pregnancy

Sports Therapy

Tip

Listen to your body. Pain is a warning signal, not a sign of weakness.

Our Therapeutic Methods

Manual Techniques

Manual Techniques

Manual Techniques

Targeted maneuvers remove blockages, improve joint mobility, and reduce muscular tension. Through precise mobilization techniques, we lay the foundation for pain-free movement.

Therapeutic exercises

Therapeutic exercises

Therapeutic exercises

Personalized exercise programs strengthen weak muscle groups, enhance neuromuscular control, and create muscular balance. You can perform these exercises at home, actively contributing to your recovery.

Strength and Coordination Enhancement

Strength and Coordination Enhancement

Strength and Coordination Enhancement

Systematic strength training elevates your maximum power, explosive strength, and endurance. At the same time, we enhance your coordination and proprioception—essential for injury prevention.

Functional Exercises

Functional Exercises

Functional Exercises

Specific movement patterns of your sport are analyzed and optimized. Through functional training, we prepare you specifically for the demands of your sport and enhance your movement efficiency.

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Who is sports therapy suitable for?

Sports therapy is designed for all sports enthusiasts—from amateur athletes to top performers. You’ll especially benefit from:

Acute Injuries

Inversion sprains and ligament injuries

Muscle injuries and strains

Meniscus injuries

Breakthroughs in Post-Treatment

Overload Syndromes

Tendon inflammation or irritation

Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)

Impingement Issues

Stress Fractures

Proactive Concerns

Performance Optimization

Injury Prevention

Motion Analysis and Optimization

Return to Sport After Training Breaks

Your Path Back to Fitness

Sports therapy is more than just rehabilitation – it's your investment in a long-term healthy and successful athletic future. By combining professional physiotherapy and osteopathic treatment with a personalized training program, you create the optimal conditions not only to resume your sport but also to become more powerful and resilient.

Sports therapy is more than just rehabilitation – it's your investment in a long-term healthy and successful athletic future. By combining professional physiotherapy and osteopathic treatment with a personalized training program, you create the optimal conditions not only to resume your sport but also to become more powerful and resilient.

Sports therapy is more than just rehabilitation – it's your investment in a long-term healthy and successful athletic future. By combining professional physiotherapy and osteopathic treatment with a personalized training program, you create the optimal conditions not only to resume your sport but also to become more powerful and resilient.

Sports therapy guides you from day one after an injury to your full return to training and competition. It's not just about restoring your physical functions but also about developing a deeper understanding of your body and its needs. This way, you can enjoy your sport injury-free in the long run and achieve your personal goals.

Sports therapy guides you from day one after an injury to your full return to training and competition. It's not just about restoring your physical functions but also about developing a deeper understanding of your body and its needs. This way, you can enjoy your sport injury-free in the long run and achieve your personal goals.

Sports therapy guides you from day one after an injury to your full return to training and competition. It's not just about restoring your physical functions but also about developing a deeper understanding of your body and its needs. This way, you can enjoy your sport injury-free in the long run and achieve your personal goals.

Manual lymph drainage during pregnancy

Sports Therapy

Tip

Warming up isn't a waste of time; it's your best insurance against injuries.

Manual lymph drainage during pregnancy

Sports Therapy

Tip

Warming up isn't a waste of time; it's your best insurance against injuries.

Process of a Sports Therapy Treatment

What can you expect from a session?

The therapy lasts 30-45 minutes. After intensive exercises, you might experience muscle soreness. We'll show you home exercises and give you training tips for optimal recovery between sessions.

The therapy lasts 30-45 minutes. After intensive exercises, you might experience muscle soreness. We'll show you home exercises and give you training tips for optimal recovery between sessions.

How long will it take before I can get back to playing sports after an injury?

The duration of rehabilitation is highly individual and depends on the type and severity of your injury. A muscle strain can heal within 2-4 weeks, whereas a torn ligament may take 6-9 months. It's not just about tissue healing, but also about systematically building strength, coordination, and confidence in movement. We'll be with you through every phase, providing you with clear criteria for a safe return to your sport.

Is sports therapy only suitable for professional athletes?

Can I continue training during sports therapy?

What is the difference between regular physiotherapy and sports therapy?

How long will it take before I can get back to playing sports after an injury?

The duration of rehabilitation is highly individual and depends on the type and severity of your injury. A muscle strain can heal within 2-4 weeks, whereas a torn ligament may take 6-9 months. It's not just about tissue healing, but also about systematically building strength, coordination, and confidence in movement. We'll be with you through every phase, providing you with clear criteria for a safe return to your sport.

Is sports therapy only suitable for professional athletes?

Can I continue training during sports therapy?

What is the difference between regular physiotherapy and sports therapy?

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Count on our qualified experts whenever you need a hand

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Count on our qualified experts whenever you need a hand