Patients with sports injuries are regular visitors to our clinic, especially teenagers.
They’re more active and risk-prone at that age so it’s no surprise.
What many people don’t know about chiropractic treatment is that it reduces tension within the body, so it can not only relieve the pain and aid the healing process of the present injury, less tension also makes future injuries less likely.
A chiropractor can give you a future edge to possibly keep you on the field instead of having to miss a few games. Or more.
What Chiropractic Treatment Can Accomplish for Your Sports Injury
It’s no secret that you’ll find a chiropractor on the staff of Olympic teams as well as in professional sports of every kind.
That’s because of the proven benefits they bring to athletes for:
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Reducing Your Pain
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Return Your Lost Joint Functioning
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Eliminate or Reduce Your Joint Inflammation,
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Returning Your Mobility
Much of the time your treatment for an athletic injury will be based around Spinal Manipulation or Spinal Mobilization.
Spinal Manipulation – How It’s Done & What It Does
Spinal Manipulation is the more hands-on of the two, involving the doctor moving you into different positions, each time manually applying brief pressure to joints that are affected.
The purpose is to reduce the tension there as well as aligning the joints and muscles to recover the lost mobility and movement.
Spinal Mobilization – How It’s Done & What It Does
Spinal Mobilization is the softer method, where the chiropractor uses specialized tools and stretches to relieve the pressure you’re experiencing.
You may also be given hot or cold (ice) applications or other techniques, depending on you and your particular injury.
Some athletes visit at the start and during the season, realizing it’s wise to use the benefits of tension reduction to lower their risk of injury before it happens. As they say, ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
Whether you’re in need of both or either of those, a chiropractor can help.
Contact us today to get care from a Honolulu chiropractor who’s trained, knowledgeable and has helped many local athletes get back into the game. Or learn more now about our Chiropractic Services & Treatments.
