Do you have a very active lifestyle? This is a lifestyle where your job is very physically demanding or you work out one to two hours per day between five and seven days a week. If you’re wondering how many steps on your fitness tracker equals a very active lifestyle, it’s any step count for the day that’s over 12,500. While getting plenty of exercises and maintaining an active lifestyle can help you stay fit and healthy, it can also lead to injuries, especially overuse and repetitive motion injuries. Let’s take a look at what types of injuries are most common and how chiropractic care for athletes can help.
Sports injuries can affect any part of the body. They usually occur due to an accident, like getting hit by an object or person or falling. They can also occur due to having incorrect forms, overusing the body part, not warming up properly, and not recognizing when you’re too tired to continue.
Ankle injuries include sprains and strains, Achilles tendinitis, and syndesmotic injuries. Ankle sprains and syndesmotic injuries are similar, but a syndesmotic injury is more severe, resulting in the ligaments that connect the tibia and fibula bones in the lower leg being stretched. Syndesmotic injuries take longer to heal than common ankle sprains. Achilles tendinitis occurs when the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed. These injuries cause pain, swelling, inflammation, and weakness.
Common back injuries that occur during physical activity include sprains and strains, herniated discs, and spinal stenosis. These injuries can cause pain, inflammation, swelling, loss of range of motion, and weakness or instability in the lower back.
Elbow injuries include tennis elbow, golfers elbow, little league elbow, and tears in the ulnar collateral ligament. These injuries can cause pain in the elbow, inflammation, and loss of throwing effectiveness.
Knee injuries that commonly occur during extreme training and sports participation include the runner’s knee, torn ligaments, tears in the meniscal cartilage, and tendon tears. These injuries can cause knee instability, pain, inflammation, swelling, and inability to put weight on the knee.
Leg injuries that commonly occur during sports include groin pulls, hamstring strains, and shin splints. These injuries commonly cause pain, inflammation, swelling, weakness, and loss of range of motion.
Individuals who play sports, especially contact sports, may incur neck injuries, including whiplash, sprains and strains, pinched nerves, and herniated discs in the neck. These injuries can cause pain, stiffness, loss of range of motion, headaches, and pain in the shoulders or upper back.
Shoulder injuries include instability, rotator cuff injuries, nerve impingements, and bursitis. These are most common in people who perform a lot of overhead movements, like throwing balls and weightlifting. Shoulder injuries can cause pain, numbness, tingling, loss of range of motion in the shoulder joint, and weakness.
Chiropractors employ a range of natural and non-invasive techniques that can help athletes heal faster, provide pain relief and improve the range of motion of the joints. Chiropractors can also help athletes prevent injuries and rehabilitate after an injury.
Getting chiropractic care for athletes provides many benefits when it comes to helping athletes heal injuries, prevent future injuries, and improve sports performance.
Chiropractors create customized treatment plans that are based on the athlete’s specific needs and goals. This helps ensure that the athlete receives the most effective treatment possible.
Chiropractic treatments, like spinal adjustments, myofascial techniques, decompression, and normal recovery can help provide pain relief and reduce your reliance on pain medications.
Chiropractic treatments help promote proper alignment and function of the musculoskeletal system. This can help reduce inflammation while promoting blood flow, which can help athletes heal faster.
Chiropractic treatments can help improve balance, coordination, and body alignment, which can increase athletic performance and lead to better performance outcomes.
Chiropractic adjustments increase joint mobility and flexibility. This can help improve an athlete’s range of motion while reducing the risk of future injuries.
Imbalances and weaknesses in the body can lead to an increased risk of injury. Chiropractic care can help correct these issues in order to reduce your risk of future injuries.
Dr. Stumpff provides chiropractic care for athletes. He has a variety of treatments and modalities available to help you with short-term pain relief and healing so that you can get back to your daily activities as soon as possible. We offer chiropractic care, decompression, IASTM, and myofascial techniques for soft tissue injuries, chiropractic modalities, normal recovery to help with swelling, and rehabilitation services.
Dr. Stumpff is a native South Floridian and a licensed, board-certified chiropractor who believes in chiropractic care for sports injuries and enhanced performance. He believes this because he was once a patient. In his youth, he played soccer and ran cross country. Over time, he developed a painful lump in his knee, resulting in Osgood-Schlatter condition and traditional medicine advised him to stop playing sports. Discouraged by the news and determined to continue his active lifestyle, he sought the care of a chiropractor, who helped him manage his condition. Today, he still runs and maintains an active lifestyle, and he thanks the chiropractic care he received as a youth for his ability to remain active. Dr. Stumpff wants to provide you with the same benefits and care he received so that you can continue to participate in your favorite activities.
If you have a sports injury, are concerned about getting injured, or want to achieve a higher level of performance, Dr. Stumpff can help. To schedule a consultation, give us a call at 954-368-4054 or fill out our online form.