Research Shows Chiropractic Effective at Preventing Sports Injuries

We encounter a good deal of sports injuries in our Hazleton and Conyngham office, and Eyerly Chiropractic Offices is generally able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that over 3.5 million children aged 14 and younger are injured each year while playing sports. Add that to the close to 2 million adults hurt each year while engaged in sports-related activities, as reported by statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can begin to see the importance of preventing these types of widespread injuries. One way to potentially realize that goal, as stated in a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to receive routine chiropractic treatments.

In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are commonplace, frequently sidelining the players and affecting their team's odds of winning. One specific study was conducted using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see whether chiropractic adjustments could reduce these injuries and help keep them in the game.

Research Proves Chiropractic Adjustments Helps in Treating Sports Injuries

For this study particularly, every one of the participants got medical treatment. In addition, half of them also received chiropractic treatments at the rate of 1 session per week for the first six weeks, biweekly sessions for the next three months, and one treatment each month for the last three months of the study. The remaining participants had no chiropractic intervention whatsoever and acted as the control group to determine the benefits of chiropractic.

After 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 correlated to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic should be added to sports training programs to effectively diminish the quantity of leg injuries.

Eyerly Chiropractic Offices Can Help Patients Find Relief From Sports Injuries & Help You Recover Quicker

If you or your child plays sports and you want to make sure greater time is spent on the field as opposed to on the sidelines, call our Hazleton and Conyngham office at (570) 455-5822 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.