Chiropractic Adjustments Effective at Preventing Sports Injuries in Downtown St. Louis, MO
We encounter a good deal of sports injuries in our Downtown St. Louis, MO clinic, and Dr. Holland is generally able to help these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital reports that over 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and below are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the nearly 2 million adults hurt each year while participating in sports-related activities, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can begin to see the necessity of minimizing these sorts of widespread injuries. One approach to potentially realize that goal, according to a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to engage in regular chiropractic treatments.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg traumas are common, frequently sidelining the players and impacting their team's likelihood of winning. One particular study was conducted using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see whether chiropractic therapy could diminish these injuries and help keep them playing.
Research Supports Chiropractic Treatment Helps in Treating Sports Injuries
For this study in particular, every one of the players got medical treatment. In addition, half of them also engaged in chiropractic sessions at the rate of 1 treatment each week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly sessions for the following three months, and one treatment each month for the final three months of the study. The other participants had no chiropractic intervention whatsoever and were used as the control group to determine the benefits of chiropractic care.
After 24 matches, scientists noticed a lessened number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Additionally, that same group also missed fewer matches related to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic ought to be added to sports training programs to effectively lessen the amount of leg injuries.
Dr. Holland Can Help Clients Find Comfort From Sports Injuries & Help You Heal Quicker
If you or your child are active in sports and you want to ensure more time is spent on the field as opposed to on the sidelines, call our Downtown St. Louis, MO office at (314) 588-9100 and make an appointment today. We will do our best to keep you in the game!
References
- Hoskins, W, & Pollard, H. (2010, April 8). The effect of a sports chiropractic manual therapy intervention on the prevention of back pain, hamstring and lower limb injuries in semi-elite Australian Rules footballers: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11(64), doi:10.1186/1471-2474-11-64
- Misra, A. (2014, March 17). Common sports injuries: Incidence and average charges. Department of Health & Human Services.
- Stanford Children’s Hospital. (n.d.). Sports injury statistics.
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