Netball injuries

General Advice

Several injuries are common when you play netball

• knee injury - the most common knee injury is patella tendonitis or jumpers knee. The patella tendon attaches the knee cap and thus the quadriceps muscle to the tibia (shin bone). It has to work hard when jumping and landing and repeated stress can lead to tendonitis. Meniscus injury can also occur, usually from landing then pivoting on a fixed foot
• sprained ankle - often called a twisted ankle, it is more normally the ligaments on the outside of the foot (the lateral ligament complex) which are strained. This usually happens due to a bad landing. Proprioceptive exercise is important in the prevention of and recovery from a sprained ankle.
• finger injury - sprained or sometimes fractured or dislocated fingers can occur through a catching injury.

Every injury is unique, so to help you self manage your netball injury, we encourage you to first explore our injury advice and read our articles

To greatly improve your chance in succeeding the self management of your injury, our expert team of Chartered Physiotherapists can help. You can choose a physio, with the specialist skills to provide you with a personalised treatment programme

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Articles

• Foot Pain : Plantar fasciitis

  by Jane Hodgson 5 October 2009

  Plantar fasciitis is the commonest overuse injury causing foot pain in middle aged to older adults. Affecting the sole of the foot it often causes heel pain, but sometimes pain is also felt on the middle or outside of the foot.

• Achilles Tendon Pain Syndrome

  by Jane Hodgson 3 July 2009

  Achilles tendon pain is a common overuse injury, precipitated by a number of factors including change in training, inappropriate footwear, and altered foot pain it can be treated effectively with ice, stretches, and eccentric strengthening exercises.

• The Anterior Cruciate Ligament

  by Jane Hodgson 12 January 2009

  It is one of the main stabilising ligaments of the knee and injury to the anterior cruciate ligament will lead to feelings of instability in the knee. Symptoms can be helped with strengthening and exercises

• Rotator cuff injury: A Cause of Shoulder Pain

  by Jane Hodgson 12 September 2008

  Rotator cuff is the collective name for the four muscles that attach the scapula (shoulder blade) to the humerus (upper arm bone). As a whole the rotator cuff stabilises the shoulder joint and facilitates its movement.
  

• Sprained, swollen and turned ankle

  by Jane Hodgson 2 May 2008

  A sprained, swollen or turned ankle is one of the most commonly occurring injuries to the leg. Determining the severity of the sprain is the key to assessing the correct course of treatment.

• Helping to heal an injury with ice

  by Jane Hodgson 20 April 2008

  It is common to help heal an injury with ice. Deciding whether you should apply ice rather than heat, and for how long can make the difference between helping to heal your injury and making it worse.

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Useful links

Information Sources 

• Netball on line Independent website with lots of information on Netball around the world, links to clubs and a forum