Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Effective at Preventing Sports Injuries

We deal with a good deal of sports injuries in our Massillon office, and Dr. Haycock is often able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital reports that more than 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and below are hurt each year when playing sports. Add that to the nearly 2 million adults hurt annually while taking part in sports-related activities, according to statistics collected by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can start to see the necessity of preventing these sorts of widespread injuries. One way to possible realize that goal, according to a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to receive regular chiropractic treatments.

In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg traumas are common, often sidelining the players and affecting their team's odds of securing a win. One specific study was administered using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see whether chiropractic care could cut down on these injuries and help keep them in the game.

Research Proves Chiropractic Treatment Helps in Treating Sports Injuries

For this study in particular, all of the players got medical treatment. In addition, half of them also engaged in chiropractic sessions at the rate of 1 treatment per week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly treatments for the next three months, and one session a month for the last three months of the study. The other group were given no chiropractic intervention at all and acted as the control group to determine the benefits of chiropractic.

After 24 matches, scientists noticed a lessened number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Moreover, that very group also missed fewer matches related to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to come to the conclusion that chiropractic ought to be added to sports training programs to dramatically lessen the number of leg injuries.

Dr. Haycock Can Help People Find Relief From Sports Injuries & Help You Heal Quicker

If you or your child are active in sports and you want to ensure more time is dedicated on the field versus on the sidelines, call our Massillon office at (330) 833-2085 and schedule 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.