Studies Show Chiropractic Care Beneficial at Preventing Sports Injuries

We encounter a several of sports injuries in our Corvallis clinic, and Dr. Lach is usually able to assist these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that over 3.5 million children aged 14 and younger are hurt each year when playing sports. Add that to the nearly 2 million adults injured each year while participating in sports-related activities, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can start to see the importance of minimizing these types of common injuries. One way to possible realize that goal, as stated in a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to receive routine chiropractic care.

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

Research Shows Chiropractic Care Helps in Treating Sports Injuries

For this study in particular, every one of the players was given medical treatment. In addition, half of them also received chiropractic sessions at the rate of one session each week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly sessions for the next three months, and one treatment a month for the remaining three months of the study. The other group were given no chiropractic intervention whatsoever and were used as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic care.

Following 24 matches, scientists noticed a lessened number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Furthermore, that same group also missed fewer matches connected to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to come to the conclusion that chiropractic should be made an addition to sports training programs to effectively reduce the amount of leg injuries.

Dr. Lach Can Help Clients Find Relief From Sports Injuries & Help You Heal Faster

If you or your child plays sports and you would like to make sure more time is dedicated on the field as opposed to on the sidelines, call our Corvallis office at (541) 754-1947 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.