What are the Benefits of Chiropractic Care for Athletes?
Did you know that most professional MLB and NFL sports teams employ their very own sports chiropractor? For years, these organizations have recognized the benefits of chiropractic care for their players. Chiropractic care for athletes has helped professional players achieve their goals by getting them back into play after an injury or helping them increase their strength and flexibility so they could perform at their optimum level.
It's well known that chiropractic care is a great form of natural, drug-free, and non-invasive health care. Additionally, statistics have shown that athletes receiving chiropractic care have an advantage over those who don’t. A trained chiropractor can help patients find relief from a variety of issues. Athletes in particular, can greatly benefit from chiropractic treatments both before and after they practice and perform.
Top Reasons How Chiropractic Care Benefits Athletes
Chiropractic Care Increases a Patient's Strength
Obviously strength is a key part of any sport. Many studies indicate that chiropractic care greatly increases a patient's strength. It has even been proven that athletes receiving chiropractic care are stronger than those who don’t.
Chiropractic Treatment Can Lead to an Improved Range of Motion
Sports involve movement and any limited range of motion will inhibit your performance. One of the biggest benefits of chiropractic treatment is an improved range of motion. Intense athletic activities can create problems with both spinal alignment and movement. This can lead to stiffness and joint pain. In turn, this can cause a limited range of motion which inhibits overall athletic performance. By receiving appropriate chiropractic care, you can increase your range of motion as well as your overall performance.
Chiropractic Treatment Gives Patients a Shortened Healing Time
Injuries in sports are inevitable. Chiropractic care helps the body to heal quickly from both minor and major injuries. Adjustments by a trained chiropractor can reduce your healing time and get you back to playing ASAP. Ankle sprains can heal more efficiently with the help of chiropractic adjustments. By adjusting an athlete’s neck, a chiropractor can provide relief from debilitating headaches. Shoulder manipulation can be used to rehabilitate and reduce pain. Chiropractic care after an injury can get you back to playing more quickly.
Chiropractic Care Reduces Your Chance of Being Injured
Even better than healing quickly from an injury is avoiding an injury all together. Chiropractic care has been shown to reduce the chances of getting injured by relaxing the muscles and helping to enhance blood circulation. These functions are essential to ensure that you reach your pique performance.
Chiropractic Treatment Reduces a Patient's Pain
Athletes, like anyone else, can suffer from back pain, particularly in the lower back. A growing amount of research confirms spinal manipulation as an effective form of pain relief. Chiropractic care provides significant improvements in both pain and function with no major adverse side effects. Through manipulation of the spine, a chiropractor can greatly reduce any pain a patient is experiencing. A trained chiropractor knows exactly how to work with a sensitive spine to promote proper alignment and movement.
Less prescription drugs are needed for athletes who receive chiropractic treatment.
It's a known fact that drugs are not very good for our bodies. Cortisone shots and other drugs are typically used in sports injuries to provide short-term relief from pain. However, the American College of Physicians now suggests that those with lower back pain use alternative medicine techniques including spinal manipulation before resorting to prescription meds. Chiropractic care gives athletes a drug-free alternative that can reduce or even eliminate their pain. By going the chiropractic route, athletes won’t be subjected to side effects or dependencies that commonly arise from the use of prescription medication.
Chiropractic Care is Non-Invasive
Any type of surgery requires a healing and recovery period. Unlike surgery, chiropractic care is non-invasive. With chiropractic care and depending on the type of issue, it's possible for a patient to get back into playing their sport immediately.
If you play sports and are looking to improve you performance, reduce your pain, decrease your chance of injuries, increase your strength and mobility, or just feel better in general, chiropractic care can help.
For more information on how ANSH Chiropractic and Dr. Neemisha Desai can assist, please contact us today. ANSH Chiropractic services Metuchen, Edison, and all of Middlesex County, New Jersey.