How can Chiropractic care help?

• Address spinal misalignments 

Your spine acts as structural support for your body, and acts as “protection” for your nerves and internal organs. If there are misalignments in your spine it means there is minimal protection for your body. Regular Chiropractic care helps to address these misalignments in your spine, which may prevent symptoms that can develop during training including : 

• Pain and discomfort 

• Stiffness and muscle cramps

• Numbness, pins and needles and tingling 

• Lack of energy 

• Poor mobility and flexibility

• Improve range of motion with adjustments and exercises 

Due to the repetitive nature and pattern overload with sports, over time it may cause imbalance as well as postural chances to an athlete's body. This makes it difficult to twist, bend or stretch in a particular way. Many athletes find that spinal manipulation helps to improve their posture as well as flexibility and range of motion. 

Chiropractors also compliment adjustments with specific exercises to re-balance the body. For example : giving a stretch and mobility exercise to one region of the body, then combining this with a strengthening technique to another region, in order to create a balance in the body. 

• Boost energy levels and reduce fatigue 

After strenuous training, exhaustion is a common complaint from athletic patients. This can be described as central nervous system fatigue. Think of your central nervous system as a highway that delivers messages from your brain to your body. If this is damaged by spinal misalignment/ subluxation, it can decrease your mood and energy levels making it difficult to perform day to day functions.  Chiropractic treatments can help improve mood and boost energy levels as it acts as a jump start for your central nervous system.

Pain can also cause fatigue as when your body is injured,  it is required to work harder to repair the damaged areas. Chiropractic care can help with keeping the body in alignment, allowing reduced pain, which may help with fatigue. 

• Heal quickly from existing injuries

Old injuries can become very nagging, and if not corrected can lead to other injuries. If you have old injuries that are unaddressed, it can really impact your performance in sport but also lead to other compensations to happen. Common things seen in injured athletes may include: 

• Hyperextending an elbow during throwing , or punching in boxing

• Delayed reaction and reflexes, making it easier to be tackled by other players, or miss a catch 

• Bearing weight to one side when squatting, overhead pressing or lifting weights 

• Avoiding certain activities or movements due to fear of pain. 

Chiropractic care helps to work on both the immediate pain relief, then consider the correct rehabilitation for you to assist these injuries and prevent them from reoccurring.