Early treatment of sporting and other injuries greatly improves both the speed of recovery and how well you recover. The reason that elite athletes can return to play within a few weeks of a serious injury is mainly due to them spending the first few days treating the injury properly. While this sounds simple, it is easily neglected.
Deciding on when (and if) you need surgery for an injury is also sometimes not as easy as it sounds. Some injuries (e.g. knee or shoulder injuries) might initially seem terrible, but will recover well with good rehabilitation, and without surgery. Other injuries might not seem too bad, but will not do so well without an operation. It takes experience to help make these decisions, and our Acute Injury Clinic is designed specially to provide this service.