Sprains, Strains & Alignment

Sports offer us freedom to strive to be our best and the discipline to focus our dreams. We can participate as a weekend warrior or a professional athlete. What doesn’t change is our need to take care of our bodies and our desire to keep them functioning their best.

OSHA estimates that a child sustains 1,500 spinal–related traumas before the age of 5. That’s before regularly scheduled sports are part of their routine! Regular chiropractic care can help minimize and correct those adverse affects. Whether you are in Little League or the major leagues an injury can take you out of the game.

Some injuries are caused by sudden impact. Those injuries can throw off your alignment and your game. Chiropractic care offers a balanced approach to treatment and allows the body to improve its own functioning and heal itself.

By using the chiropractic adjustment to return spinal segments to their normal mobility and by using physical therapy to help the supportive tissues (muscles, tendons, & ligaments), chiropractors help the body return to normal function. When combined with rest to help the healing process, athletes find their way back in the game.

Many professional athletes use chiropractic care because they know it helps them maximize their athletic performance. Articles continue to appear in major newspapers and magazines citing such stars as Arnold Schwartzeneger, former boxing champ Evander Holyfield, and football stars such as Emmit Smith and Joe Montana proclaiming the benefits that chiropractic has meant for their careers. More and more professional and college teams are utilizing care for that same reason.

The premise of chiropractic care is to restore optimal spinal function so that the body has the best opportunity to maximize proper health it is easy to understand why many athletes count on their chiropractor to keep them in the game.