Sports Injuries

Whether it is musculoskeletal sprain-strains or repetitive stress types of injuries, at Grant Chiropractic Life Center, P.C., we are focused on our patient’s well being and recovery in order for them to return back to pre-injury status…

Whether it is musculoskeletal sprain-strains or repetitive stress types of injuries, at Grant Chiropractic Life Center, P.C., we are focused on our patient’s well being and recovery in order for them to return back to pre-injury status.

Many athletes seek chiropractic care, whether professionals or weekend warriors, to enhance their sports performance. Through the use of highly specific and safe spinal and extremity adjustment techniques, therapeutic exercises and stretches, and correction of biomechanical faults, athletes can experience increased performance and reduced risk of injury. Chiropractic care can increase range of motion, flexibility, balance, coordination, joint proprioception, body symmetry, agility, reaction times, speed, and kinesthetic awareness.

In a recent study a group of asymptomatic university baseball players were split into 2 groups; one group received spinal manipulation while their counterparts acted as controls by receiving no care. Vertical jump, broad jump, standing broad jump, muscle strength, blood pressure, pulse rate, microcirculation (nail bed capillary counts) and stress test were evaluated in all athletes prior to the study, as well as a 5 & 14 week follow- up. Those receiving spinal manipulation experienced significant improvements in muscle strength and long jump distance at 14 weeks. The spinal manipulation group also experienced improvement in capillary counts at 5 and 14 weeks follow-up. Additionally, the spinal manipulation group had decreases in resting blood pressure and pulse rate following tread mill activity.