Have a Youth Athlete? Have Them See a Chiropractor
Football, baseball, basketball, hockey – you name it – and if your child is playing, chiropractors can help with both injury recovery and maintenance to keep them performing great. Here are three game changing ways chiropractors can help youth athletes.
Tackle Those Tight Muscles
Tightness, restricted range of motion and suboptimal biomechanics all hinder peak sports performance. Tight muscles happen for a variety of reasons and data shows that hamstrings are a common muscle group in children and teens that need help loosening up. Tightness can stem from overuse, dehydration, underuse, and even various health conditions, like a neuromuscular disorder. All that tightness and limited range of motion sets athletes up for the dreaded injury. Chiropractors can evaluate your child’s biomechanics, range of motion and spinal health, identify why they’re tight, and then apply therapeutic stretches and any necessary adjustments and prescribe at-home (or on the field if it pleases thee) stretches and exercises to help your child stay limber and reduce risk of injury.
Faster Recovery Time
Teams at the collegiate, professional and even high school level have dedicated chiropractors caring for their athletes, and you can do the same for your young athlete. Chiropractors offer a drug-free proactive approach to athletic performance and recovery, including for injuries and intense workouts. Chiropractors can help with sprains, strains, joint pain, back pain (obviously), neck pain, headaches, tendonitis, shin splints, knee injuries and more.
Anti-inflammatory drugs slow healing time on top of coming with health risks for taking them. Skip the pills and see a chiropractor when your youth is injured or in pain. Chiropractors can diagnose and treat sports injuries by performing spinal adjustments, therapeutic stretches and more that help promote better blood flow, reduce inflammation, restore range of motion, and reduce pain. All this empowers the body’s natural healing process which leads to faster recovery time.
Optimize Performance
You don’t have to be injured to see a chiropractor. Regular chiropractic maintenance can help reduce the risk of injury while boosting sports performance. In addition to combatting tight muscles, regular chiropractic adjustments can help youth athletes with coordination, reflexes, muscle function, range of motion and more. The better a developing body moves, functions and the nerves communicate, the better the athletic performance.
Keep Your Youth Athlete Active and Strong With the Help of Chiropractic
Whether your child is injured or in need of boosting performance, seek out your favorite chiropractor to gain that competitive edge. Chiropractic care is a fast, effective and drug-free way to speed recovery, reduce pain and optimize sports performance so you can raise a champion athlete.
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Leaning While Texting May Result in Health Problems
Recent increases in the number of patients suffering from upper-back and neck pain may be related to poor posture during prolonged smartphone use. Many young people are reporting herniated disks and alignment problems. As these health issues more so typically affect middle-aged and elderly people, the new surge of problems in youth may have to do with the way the neck bends when a person is texting. The normal curvature of the neck is reversed when people look down, such as when using and viewing a phone. Overtime, continuation of this unnatural position leads to stresses and imbalances in the supporting tissues of the neck and upper back. Pain, soreness, fatigue and even reversal of the normal curvature of the neck and upper back can occur. Given that some young people text for hours a day, it’s no wonder experts are seeing an increase in neck and back issues. Studies show the problem is present mainly when people use mobile devices, as using laptops doesn’t require any abnormal or unnatural posture. The 45-degree angle many people hold their neck at while texting on mobile devices can lead to issues which may become even worse if the person is sitting. This impact on the back worsens at higher flexed postures. With a 15-degree flex, the head (which weighs roughly 10-12 pounds) can feel over twice as heavy. The stress increase on the spine can lead to a 60-degree flex feeling like an additional 60 pounds of pressure. There is a serious concern among professionals about the effects this will have on young people. Fortunately, doctors of chiropractic are specifically trained to evaluate and treat neck and back issues. If you or a loved one is suffering from neck and/or back issues including those that may be related to the use of a phone, book a no obligation consultation today!
Author: ChiroPlanet.com
Source: The Spine Journal, online March 20, 2017.
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Sugar. How Sweet It Is, Not.
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states Americans are eating too much sugar and it’s killing us. As the consumption of added sugars rises, so too does one’s risk of dying from heart disease. According to the data, compared with those individuals who got less than 10% of their daily calories from sugar, those with 10-25% of their daily calories coming from sugar were 30% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease and those with more than 25% of their daily calories coming from sugar were twice as likely to die of cardiovascular disease. This becomes even more significant considering that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. The concern isn’t related to the sugars occurring naturally in fruits and vegetables. Instead, it’s the added sugars in foods such as sugary drinks and beverages, candy, desserts and other sweetened carbohydrate snacks. In fact, most processed foods we consume have added sugar to make them taste better. So, read the nutritional labels on food packaging and strive to stick to what the American Heart Association recommends: Limiting your daily consumption of added sugars to 150 calories for men and 100 calories for women.
Author: ChiroPlanet.com
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine, online February 3, 2014.
Copyright: ProfessionalPlanets.com LLC 2014