Often we hear of professional athletes suffering a traumatic, possibly career ending, injury. However, it isn't only the professionals that sustain injuries while practicing the sport they love. Weekend warriors, amateur athletes and those living active lives also run the risk of getting hurt. Most of the time, with a proper warm up, awareness to form and appropriate equipment, athletes of all stripes are able to play safely. Yet, injuries can happen when you least expect it due to an accident or even an underlying condition that may necessitate treatment.
This article is aimed at helping you to understand sports injuries and explains how chiropractic treatment can help you prevent and recover faster from them.
How Do Sports Injuries Happen?
Athletes routinely and continually put their bodies through an extremely high level of physical stress. Sports participation often involves quick starts and stops, explosive jumping or running, collisions, and atypical body postures that put added demands on the bodies physical structure. This additional stress can cause the bones in our back to come out of place that often leads to:
Chiropractic Care For Sports Injuries
Whether you are a football player, wrestler, golfer, or runner, chiropractic can provide the assistance your body needs to be able to adapt to these added stresses. For example, many long distance runners have been shown to develop chronic cases of tendonitis and pain throughout the joints in their legs. Typically, they are prescribed a pain killer to mask the symptoms of pain, providing short term relief, but ignoring the root cause.
The truth is that many sports related injuries begin due to nerve interference caused by misalignments in our joints, primarily the spine. When this nerve interference is removed, the body experiences an increase in blood flow, higher immune system function, proper motor pattern firing, and overall better health. As a result, athletes who receive chiropractic care:
Chiropractic care is a holistic practice that addresses the structural issues that cause many sports injuries. Our award-winning Doctors of Chiropractic are specially trained to diagnose and treat sports related injuries. Depending on your injury, treatment may include gentle joint manipulation, soft tissue therapies and rehabilation exercises. Our custom treatment plans help athletes and active individuals find great relief from the pain associated with a sports injury and experience a better recovery.
Don't let pain stop you from doing what you love, contact the Chiropractic Company team today to discovery how we can help you prevent and recover quicker from a sports injury.