Today, there is a growing understanding of the importance of exercise in our daily lives. As a result more adults, children, and seniors are committing themselves to a life of fitness. They are choosing to use fitness to improve their health as well as prevent further deterioration of their well-being. But, this has resulted in an increase in sports-related injuries.
Although there are many causes of sports-related injuries, with a little knowledge, many of these injuries are often preventable. Nevertheless, since many individuals do not notify their healthcare professionals when they are beginning an exercise program, they instead often wait until they are in pain; they often find themselves suffering the consequences of an injury. This can be especially true in seniors who have for the first time in years begun to exercise, for children who have not yet learned how to protect themselves, and for teens whose bodies are rapidly changing.
Chiropractic care can be especially helpful in teaching a person how to prevent sports-related injuries, as well as provide a conservative, non-invasive way to treat injuries that have already occurred. Chiropractic care is ideal in helping athletes deal with the many pains and strains that can result from playing sports and pursuing various physical fitness goals.
A doctor of chiropractic can help you assess your athletic and fitness goals and analyze your motivation to prevent injuries caused by going beyond sensible activity limits given your age, health profile, preexisting conditions and many other factors.
Chiropractors have the expertise to deal with spine-nerve problems, with range-of-motion and biomechanical issues often central to the cause for people prone to sports-related injuries.
Many professional and high-level amateur athletes depend on chiropractic care to protect them from costly and career-threatening injuries. They want the injuries they sustain to be managed in the most conservative way to lessen their down time. Chiropractic focus is to do just that, by finding the most conservative and non-invasive methods to treat injuries to not only the spine, but to all the joints and muscles of the body.
In order to prevent athletic injuries notify your chiropractor of your plans to begin playing a new sport or working towards a new fitness goal and request to have a sports physical performed. Sports physicals can oftentimes point out areas in your body that may be prone to injury while participating in a fitness program. This information can then be used to design a program to help the patient prevent injuries from occurring.
For more information, contact Dr. Kelly Herta, DC, at Aligned Health Chiropractic & Wellness Center, located at 27875 Smyth Dr., # 100, or call 661-295-5200.