How Chiropractic Care Can Help Athletes Recover From Injury

Injuries can be painful and require a long time to heal. During this time, you may miss games and practice. It may mean needing more time to catch up with your teammates. However, chiropractic care will help you recover fast from your injuries. You can get back to the sport you love without losing much time. How does chiropractic care do this?

Treating the Injuries

Chiropractic care can treat a variety of sports injuries. The adjustments align your spine, muscles, ligaments, and nerves. These areas are the most susceptible to sports injuries. Their alignment allows the injured areas to heal faster as the nutrients and oxygen flood them. The nerves can also communicate efficiently with the brain, reducing irritation and pain.

As you heal, the chiropractor will show you stretches and exercises that will help strengthen your body. These will help get you back in shape and catch up with your teammates on the field.

Reduce Pain 

Chiropractic care reduces the irritation of nerve roots between the vertebrae by aligning the nerves. The sensation can result in neuropathic pain and make you extremely sensitive to touch. The pain can be sharp and stabbing, causing you to lose your train of thought. When the musculoskeletal structure aligns, so do the nerves. It improves the flow of communication between them and the brain and deals with neuropathy.

Pain can also result from inflammation due to the obstruction of blood or lymph flow. Chiropractic adjustments align the muscles, remove these obstructions, and reduce inflammation. It allows oxygen, nutrients, and body chemicals to flow into the injured areas and provides the resources for improving healing.

Improving Athletic Performance

As your body heals, the adjustments alleviate stressors and help you relax. They also work on your posture and muscle strength. Once you heal, you will feel stronger and more agile than before the injury. It increases your athletic performance, allowing you to have the capacity to do more.

Improved Range of Motion

The stretches and exercises the chiropractor takes you through will strengthen you and improve your range of motion. You can also do stretches and chiropractic exercises at home, maximizing the results and benefits. You will no longer have to contend with stiff joints and muscles. You will then have fewer injuries, many of which result from these stiff muscles and joints.

Noninvasive and Drug-free Treatment

The noninvasive nature of the treatment means you will not have unnecessary scars to increase your downtime. Your injuries will heal faster, and you do not have to contend with pain from surgery. You will not need strong painkillers, some of which can be addictive. These may also take you a long time to wean off them. 

As a plus, chiropractic care will also deal with the pain. It is part of the reason you will not need medication. There are various methods it uses to help you deal with the pain. It makes you feel better physically and psychologically. You have clarity of thought, which is crucial when you are playing.

For more information on chiropractic care for injuries, visit Action Potential - Sports and Neurological Rehab at our Austin, Texas office. Call (512) 991-0038 to schedule an appointment today.