We deal with a large number of sports injuries in our Boardman office, and Dr. Carradine is usually able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that more than 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and younger are hurt each year when playing sports. Add that to the almost 2 million adults hurt every year while taking part in sports-related activities, as reported by statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can start to see the necessity of preventing these types of widespread injuries. One approach to potentially realize that goal, according to a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to receive routine chiropractic care.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are commonplace, often sidelining the players and impacting their team's chance at winning. One particular study was conducted using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see if chiropractic therapy could diminish these injuries and help keep them in the game.
For this study in particular, every one of the participants got medical treatment. Additionally, half of them also received chiropractic sessions at the rate of 1 treatment per week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly treatments for the next three months, and one treatment each month for the final three months of the study. The other group had no chiropractic intervention at all and were used as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic care.
Following twenty-four matches, scientists noted a diminished amount 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 come to the conclusion that chiropractic should be added to sports training programs to effectively lessen the quantity of leg injuries.
If you or your child are active in sports and you would like to make sure greater time is spent on the field versus on the sidelines, call our Boardman office at (330) 758-4446 and schedule an appointment today. We will do our best to keep you in the game!
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