Exercise and Physical Fitness
Spinal injuries can restrict range of motion, reduce strength, slow reflexes, shorten endurance, and decrease performance. Chiropractic care for these types of injuries has become increasingly popular. Professional sports teams, Olympic trainers, and competitive athletes are employing chiropractic doctors – because they demand results.
Chiropractic care helps restore function to spinal joints that are “locked up”, fixated or not moving properly. Besides helping to relieve pain, chiropractic care can also help reduce inflammation. Muscles, tendons and ligaments depend upon proper joint movement for peak performance. Injuries to these tissues can reduce range of motion, affect delicate nerves, decrease blood supply, and can take you out of the game. Normalizing spinal function helps speed the healing of these soft tissues and reduces the deconditioning effect of being on the sidelines.
An aerobic exercise program or plan of brisk walking can improve muscle tone and help you avoid strains, sprains, and other activity-restricting health problems.
Whether you golf, play tennis, bicycle, or bowl, the best treatment for sports injuries is prevention!
When a subluxation has been caused by repetitive stress or overuse at work or play, spinal nerves may be impeded. This may in turn negatively affect one’s range of motion, strength, reflexes, endurance, and, ultimately, performance. Chiropractic can help your body restore normal nerve function and help you get back to your peak in both work and play.
Chiropractors are often called upon to work with or treat athletes, both amateur and professional. Many of these athletes are afflicted with sports-related injuries; others may feel fine, but are looking to boost their performances with an extra “edge”. A chiropractor’s training and experience with the dynamics of the human body qualifies him or her to diagnose and successfully treat a wide range of injuries and conditions. In many cases, a chiropractor can offer advice on safe, healthy ways to improve “peak” performance.
Naturally, treatment depends upon many factors: the type and seriousness of the injury or condition; how the injury occurred (sudden trauma, chronic problem, etc.); how long the condition had existed before professional care was sought; what steps were previously taken to treat the problem, etc. Based upon the individual’s case and history, many conditions can often be managed through a combination of physical examination, postural examination and support, analysis of the patient’s training routine, chiropractic care, and rehabilitative exercise.
Problems such as these may indicate a postural imbalance, an inappropriate training program, overuse injuries, or stress conditions to soft tissues or bone. These conditions can be effectively managed if the problem is identified early and appropriate treatment is followed. While every patient’s case is unique, your chiropractor will probably perform a postural analysis as part of your initial examination. Important information can often be obtained through a simple evaluation of your standing posture. X-rays may be required. Your training regimen and schedule may be reviewed to see if there are any problem areas to correct. In addition to any chiropractic adjustments your doctor may perform, he or she may also recommend that you wear spinal/pelvic stabilizers and perform at-home rehab exercise therapy.
Chiropractic is a healing system that focuses on the structure of the body. Research has proved that chiropractic treatment can be beneficial for many muscle and joint problems. Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts based on the scientific fact that our nervous system controls or influences the function of every cell in our body. Interference to the nervous system (caused by the vertebral subluxation complex) will effect how the nervous system relates to the cell to which it travels.
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