Sports injuries keeping you benched in the game and in life? Dr. Pete Lazarnick in Carrollton and West, GA provides natural and effective sports injury treatments to get you back on your feet.
Guide to Chiropractic Care for Sports Injuries
Sports injuries don’t just impact your performance on the field – or wherever you play. They follow you into your daily life, too. No matter your sport or your level, your body is at risk of sustaining a variety of injuries from your head to your feet. Dr. Pete in Carrollton and West, GA shares below how chiropractic care for sports injuries can help.
Common Sports Injuries Chiropractors Treat
Chiropractors specialize in treating a wide range of symptoms and conditions and sports injuries, including but not limited to:
- Shin splints
- Tennis or golfer’s elbow
- Shoulder dislocations
- Misalignment
- Sciatica
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Knee injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Pinched nerves
Types of Treatment for Sports Injuries
How exactly does a chiropractor help with sports injuries? By first determining the root cause and then developing a plan to address it. Treatment typically includes a combination of the following methods.
- Adjustments: You’ve likely heard about neck and spinal adjustments, but are you aware that the spine isn’t the only area that chiropractors adjust? Misalignment can happen anywhere in the musculoskeletal system, including the shoulders and knees. Chiropractors provide adjustments to any misaligned areas.
- Decompression therapy: When a disc is compressed or damaged, decompression therapy is effective. It is a gentle method of stretching the spine to relieve pressure on nerves, discs, and muscles. This provides natural relief for various issues in the back and neck, including pinched nerves.
- Soft tissue techniques: Chiropractors know that the skeletal system is directly impacted by and directly impacts the soft tissues. Therefore, techniques such as therapeutic massage, laser therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, and more to address tension, pain, inflammation, and injuries to the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves.
- Therapeutic exercises: Chiropractors provide targeted movements to stretch and strengthen the injured site. This helps both enhance recovery and reduce the likelihood of re-injury.
Benefits of Chiropractic Sports Injury Treatments
The following are just a few of the many benefits chiropractic care provides:
- Faster recovery
- Natural reduction of pain
- Better range of motion
- Prevention of future injuries
- Decrease of inflammation
- Reduction in muscle spasms
- Improved stability and balance
Most athletes not only walk away healed and feeling better. They often find that their performance has improved overall.
Don’t let sports injuries keep you down. Schedule an appointment with Dr. Pete in Carrollton and West, GA by calling (770) 832-2226 today.