We come across a lot of sports injuries in our Downtown St. Louis, MO clinic, and Dr. Holland is usually able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that over 3.5 million children aged 14 and below are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the close to 2 million adults hurt annually 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 importance of preventing these sorts of widespread injuries. One way to potentially achieve that goal, as reported by a study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to receive regular chiropractic care.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are commonplace, often sidelining the players and affecting their team's odds of winning. One specific study was administered using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see how well chiropractic therapy could lessen these injuries and help keep them in the game.
For this study in particular, every one of the players received medical treatment. In addition, half of them also engaged in chiropractic sessions at the rate of 1 session each week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly treatments for the following three months, and one session per month for the last 3 months of the study. The remaining group were given no chiropractic intervention at all and acted as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic.
After 24 matches, specialists noticed a reduced number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had been given chiropractic care. Moreover, that very group also missed fewer matches related to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic should be added to sports training programs to dramatically decrease the amount of leg injuries.
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 Downtown St. Louis, MO office at (314) 588-9100 and make an appointment today. We will do our best to keep you in the game!
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We have a long-standing track record or helping people get out of pain with chiropractic care. Whether you were injured last week, or have been suffering from chronic pain for years - It might only take one visit to our office in Downtown Saint Louis, MO to get you back on the path to everyday health.
