Can Chiropractic Care Help with Sports Injuries?

The weather is nicer and in Colorado that means only one thing – going outside and getting active.

Whether you’re biking through the mountains or simply taking on a small hike around the

neighborhood, there’s opportunity for injury. Chiropractors can help treat some of the general

discomfort and soreness that comes from sports injuries, and they can also help with some specific

injuries like muscle strains, and pain in the neck or lower back.

Not all sports injuries are serious. While a broken wrist or ankle may keep you off that mountain bike

indefinitely, some injuries might simply manifest as irritating discomfort. Either way, you want to be able

to recover the right way from both of them. Chiropractic care might not be able to repair broken bones,

but it may be able to help some issues and get you back into living your best and healthiest lifestyle.

How Does Chiropractic Help?

A chiropractor uses a number of specific techniques, depending on the area being treated, to deliver

personalized relief. Many physical activities require us to push our bodies to the limit, and going above

and beyond can result in wear and tear. Without care, that wear and tear can become damaging to our

bones, joints, and muscles. Your chiropractor has intimate knowledge of your musculoskeletal system,

and how all of those moving parts work together.

Nobody wants to deal with injuries, and we especially don’t want to be held out of doing our favorite

activities for a long period of time. Because chiropractors focus on keeping all of these systems aligned,

it can help accelerate the healing process to get you back to normal more quickly. This happens because

the alignment means less pressure on the spinal cord, which allows more oxygen and helpful nutrients

to reach the damaged area properly. This also helps reduce inflammation, which promotes healing and

eases stiffness resulting from the injury.

Chiropractic and Injury Prevention

While a chiropractor can often help develop a recovery plan for some injuries, they can also help

athletes take a proactive approach for long-term injury prevention. Regular adjustments can help in a

number of different ways. The main benefits come from increasing the individual’s range of motion,

reducing inflammation, and helping to keep one’s spine aligned to decrease the risk of certain injury.

A properly aligned spine can also do more than prevent injuries, but it also may help improve athletic

performance. Your chiropractor will be able to potentially identify areas that could be more injury prone

than others, and they may also suggest different treatments and exercises to strengthen those areas. By

bringing your body into balance, it becomes stronger and better conditioned to deliver peak

performance more often.

There are a lot of different ways that chiropractors might be able to help your athletic performance –

and keep you from those nagging injuries that slow you down. To find out more about how chiropractic

could help keep you active, reach out to Dr. Morgan Sheridan at Foundation Chiropractic today.