Sports Injuries
Your local chiropractor treats many sports injuries, serving Sydney’s Lower North Shore.
Looking for a Chiropractor that can help with a sports injury in Chatswood, NSW?
Ready to get back in the game? We can help you along your path to a pain free and healthy life. Dr James Zheng (Chiropractor) takes pride in helping achieve your goals and can effectively help you recover faster and stronger from your sports injury.
Did you know that almost 60,000 people aged over 15 are hospitalised due to a sports injury every year in Australia? Many musculoskeletal injuries can benefit from the application of chiropractic care, even though they may have different causes. There are many reasons why sports injuries can occur, including structural abnormalities or muscle imbalances, poor training methods or a lack of strength of the tendons, muscles and ligaments. Chronic wear and tear, which results from a repetitive motion that stresses a specific tissue can cause many of these injuries. Pain occurs when some of these muscle or tendon fibers begin to tear. A high level of pressure, greater than the physical strength of the muscles, tendons, and ligaments can cause the tear.
After a sprain, joints are more susceptible to injury, particularly when the muscles and ligaments that support them are weaker than they should be. Poor training methods, however, is the most common cause of muscle and joint injuries. The athlete may not allow for an adequate post-match recovery time or continues to play the sport after consistent pain has come to light.
Pain reduction should never be the over arching goal of sports injury treatment, but rather repairing injured and weakened tissue. Ibuprofen, Diclofenac (Voltaren), cortisone injections or even surgery may relieve the pain, but they do not strengthen the weakened tissue like a Chiropractic adjustment does. Chiropractic treatment encourages the bodies natural healing process and thus reduces the length of time it takes for sports injuries to heal. The result is that athletes can not only step back on to the field to the game they love, but often the previously injured area will be stronger than before and the athlete will see a marked improvement in performance.
Chiropractors are skilled at treating ALL parts of the body, for example, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. A wide assortment of conditions respond particularly well to chiropractic treatment including:
Contact us or use the form below to make a booking at Body Therapy Chiropractic.