We see a lot of sports injuries in our Harrisburg clinic, and Blake Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is often able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that over 3.5 million children aged 14 and younger are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the almost 2 million adults hurt each year while engaged in sports-related activities, according to statistics collected by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can start to see the importance of minimizing these types of widespread injuries. One approach to potentially realize that goal, as reported by a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to engage in regular chiropractic treatments.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are commonplace, often sidelining the players and affecting their team's likelihood of winning. One particular study was administered using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see if chiropractic adjustments could lessen these injuries and help keep them playing.
For this study specifically, all of the participants received medical treatment. Additionally, half of them also received chiropractic sessions at the rate of one treatment each week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly sessions for the next three months, and one session per month for the remaining 3 months of the study. The other participants had no chiropractic intervention at all and were used as the control group to determine the benefits of chiropractic adjustments.
After twenty-four matches, specialists noticed a reduced amount of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Moreover, that very group also missed fewer matches related to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to come to the conclusion that chiropractic should be added to sports training programs to dramatically diminish the amount of leg injuries.
If you or your child are active in sports and you would like to ensure more time is dedicated on the field as opposed to on the sidelines, call our Harrisburg office at (717) 657-2561 and make an appointment today. We will do our best to keep you in the game!
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Trust the medical professionals at Blake Chiropractic & Rehab for all of your chiropractic needs. We have more than 26 years of experience and work to ensure your complete satisfaction. Our staff is dedicated to providing top-quality chiropractic care, so make an appointment today. We are conveniently located right off Route 22, beside the Colonial Park Fire Department, and accept most major insurance plans.
