We see a large number of sports injuries in our South Buffalo office, and Dr. Nowak is generally able to help these athletes. Stanford Children’s Hospital reports that over 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and younger are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the close to 2 million adults hurt every year while participating in sports-related activities, as reported by statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can begin to see the necessity of preventing these types of common injuries. One approach to possible achieve 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 injuries are common, often sidelining the players and impacting their team's likelihood of securing a win. One specific study was administered using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see whether chiropractic could diminish these injuries and help keep them playing.
Research Supports Chiropractic 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 sessions for the next three months, and one treatment each month for the final 3 months of the study. The other half had no chiropractic intervention at all and were used as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic.
Following twenty-four matches, specialists reported a diminished number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Furthermore, that very group also missed fewer matches correlated to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic ought to be made an addition to sports training programs to dramatically decrease the number of leg injuries.
Dr. Nowak Can Help Clients Find Comfort From Sports Injuries & Help You Recover Faster
If you or your child are active in sports and you would like to ensure greater time is dedicated on the field versus on the sidelines, call our South Buffalo office at (716) 825-4121 and make 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.
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