Professional athletes are constantly reaching new heights in their professional careers. With each passing year, new records are shattered, and the human body is pushed to its limits. Competitors train rigorously and take their diets to a new level every day. Yet despite the conscientious care and precautions that athletes follow, most experience musculoskeletal injuries at one time or another.
Chiropractors are to athletes as cardiologists are to those who suffer from cardiovascular disease. Athletes who receive treatment from a medical doctor find themselves frequently benched and on the sidelines. Others play and then spend hours after the game icing their injuries and taking pain medication. This is because medical doctors do not treat the body as an integrated system, but rather treat each injury individually. Meanwhile, chiropractic treatment offers a balanced, holistic approach, by using spinal adjustments and physical therapy techniques to help the patient’s muscles, tendons, and ligaments return to their normal function.
Chiropractic care meticulously tends to the needs of the athlete because special attention is given to the spine, joints, muscles, tendons, and nerves. Additionally, chiropractic care ensures that all pieces of the musculoskeletal system are working harmoniously in their healthiest, most natural state.
Professional athletes recognize tremendous value in chiropractic care because they realize that it helps them maximize athletic performance. Whether you’re an athlete or weekend warrior, receiving chiropractic care will enable you to reach an optimum level of achievement without breaking yourself.
Any sport can be hard on your body and injuries can happen at any moment. No matter which sports you participate in from football to tennis or golf to mixed martial arts, your body is an amazing machine capable of healing itself with the proper care. Willow Creek Chiropractic can help your body reach its maximum healing potential allowing you to perform at full capacity.
RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON
A condition in which some areas of the body feel numb and cool in certain circumstances.
FOOT PAIN
Foot pain is most definitely a difficult type of pain to live with. In fact, it can be debilitating because of the desire to stay off the feet.
CARPAL TUNNEL
Carpal tunnel syndrome is numbness, tingling, weakness, and other problems in your hand because of pressure on the median nerve in your wrist. The median nerve and several tendons run from your forearm to your hand through a small space in your wrist called the carpal tunnel.
SUBLUXATION
A vertebral subluxation is the result of spinal bones with improper motion or position affecting nerve communications between your brain and your body.
JOINTS & EXTREMITIES
Sports injuries can be many and varied. Proper spinal alignment and joint care can help prevent injury and sustain higher performance.