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Treatment of Injuries
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All referees pick up injuries from time
to time. Do you know what to do, for example, if your hamstring
“goes” or if you have a niggling pain in your calf muscle every
time you run? Where do you go for advice ? |
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If you go to your GP, you will
probably find that he is she is not an expert in the treatment of
sports injuries. There can also be a lack of sympathy because of a
view that such injuries are self-inflicted. So what is the answer?
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details of various sources of professional help. But how can you
differentiate between claims to expertise by all those people from
various different medical disciplines? The best answer is to rely on
personal recommendations from fellow referees who have been treated
for similar problems: “word of mouth” is usually the best guide. |
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Alternatively, if you contact a local professional or
semi-professional club for help, you will normally find willing
assistance from its staff or at least a referral to a suitable
outside specialist. |
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You should expect to pay for all
professional advice and treatment: referees are of course all
normally paid for refereeing matches just as medical staff are
normally paid for supplying their services. The cost of correct
advice or treatment is also invariably a small price to pay for a
prompt return to full fitness. |
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Further advice can be
obtained by e-mailing david@ddixon90.freeserve.co.uk
or by phoning on 07771 618446 |
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