Sports Injury Chiropractor

At Chaney Chiropractic & Neurology, our sports injury chiropractor helps patients recover from chronic and often debilitating pain caused by a variety of conditions, including sports injuries, car accidents, falls, work-related accidents, and aging. Sports-related injuries remain one of the most common reasons patients seek treatment at our practice.

The many strenuous demands that sporting activities put on the body, the stress, strain, impacts, and wear and tear athletes subject their bones, muscles, ligaments, and nerves to often result in nagging pain, lessened mobility, and loss of performance. The good news is that an experienced chiropractor can in many cases alleviate the pain and stiffness resulting from regular vigorous activity without resorting to addictive pain medications or risky surgery. Chiropractic treatment is all-natural and focuses on healing the whole body using proven non-invasive methods.

Chaney Chiropractic is an experienced sports injury chiropractor in Beverly Hills and Spring Hill, FL, and we can help you get back to performing at your competitive best.

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How Can A Sports Injury Chiropractor Help?

Chiropractic medicine focuses on injuries and disorders involving the musculoskeletal system and all of the muscles, bones, joints, nerves, and ligaments that make it up. A chiropractic practitioner especially concentrates on the spine and neck. It has been shown that if something is out of order in this primary system, it can affect the healthy functioning of the whole body.

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When you arrive for your consultation with your sports injury chiropractor, they will begin by asking you questions about your injury and how it happened, as well as general questions about your medical history, lifestyle, work habits, and diet. Then they’ll perform a physical examination, take X-rays if necessary, conduct range of motion tests, a structural assessment of your spinal alignment, posture, and balance, and possibly other diagnostic tests. Your chiropractor will use the information gathered to prescribe the correct treatment.

This can include a variety of treatments including spinal manipulation to correct a misalignment of the vertebrae, therapeutic massage, cold and heat treatments, electrical stimulation, and more. They may also recommend specific exercises to strengthen and promote healing in the affected area, as well as changes to your diet and lifestyle.

The Benefits Of Chiropractic Care For Sports Injuries

The main causes of sports injuries in athletes include violent impacts, repetitive motions, failure to properly warm up, and training too hard. We can help you to immediately alleviate the pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility you’re experiencing, and also help you to prevent injuries in the future and enhance your performance. Here are a few of the benefits you can expect from making regular visits to your sports injury chiropractor.

Proper Spinal Alignment

As mentioned above, when the vertebra of your spine and neck are out of whack, it can affect your entire body in a negative way. Proper alignment will also help you to be a better athlete because the primary structural element of your physique will be functioning the way it was intended, which improves movement and muscle strength effectiveness. When your spine is working properly, everything else falls into place.

Increased Range of Motion

Your chiropractor can recommend specific exercises focused on the type of movements you engage in for your particular sport. These are intended to strengthen and stretch the muscles and ligaments around your joints, improving your range of movement and helping to protect them from injury during competition.

Increased Energy

Most of our patients report a significant boost in their energy levels after regular chiropractic treatments. This is a result of not only improved alignment, muscle strength, and flexibility, but also changes in diet and nutrition along with special supplements your chiropractor can recommend.

Rapid Healing

When you’re in pain from an injury you simply can’t perform at your best. Chiropractic treatment helps to promote accelerated healing in both new and old injuries to help you get back on your game faster.

Your local sports injury chiropractor can help you to alleviate the pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility that’s preventing you from playing your best and getting the full enjoyment from the sport that you love, naturally and without pain medications or surgery. Chaney Chiropractic & Neurology is ready to help you make a successful comeback from your sports injury. Contact our office today for more information or to schedule an appointment.