Question 1

How can chiropractic care be helpful for athletes?

Accepted Answer

Chiropractic care can be incredibly helpful for athletes. Chiropractic care can be used preventatively to help try and avoid injuries by working on tight and irritated muscles, encouraging proper range of motion and mobility, encouraging proper muscle strength and activation and helping with strength and conditioning.   Nutrition and supplementation recommendations can be provided as well. If an athlete suffers from an injury or is post-surgical, many soft tissue techniques, manipulation and adjusting and rehabilitation exercises can be performed and taught to an athlete to facilitate recovery quickly and properly, similar to how a physical therapist would help.

Question 2

Are chiropractic treatments painful?

Accepted Answer

Chiropractic treatments can be uncomfortable, but the provider does not necessarily want any patient to be in an excruciating amount of pain while treatment is occuring. There are some techniques that can be a little bit more sore or uncomfortable compared to others, but generally the treatments are very tolerable and the results of pain relief afterwards speak for themselves.

Question 3

What symptoms can chiropractors treat?

Accepted Answer

Chiropractors can treat a range of symptoms. Common symptoms are sharp and stabbing pain, dull and achy pain, throbbing pain, numbness, tingling, loss of balance, pain with taking a deep breath, pain with coughing or sneezing, loss of strength and more!

Question 4

What are some common treatments that chiropractors use?

Accepted Answer

Chiropractors can use a wide variety of treatment techniques depending on their background, education, experience and continuing education. Chiropractors are well-known for adjustments and manipulations. But there are chiropractors who perform a wide variety of soft tissue work (muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia work) and rehabilitation techniques (therapeutic exercises, stretching, strength and conditioning and therapeutic activities.)   Some chiropractors will spend more time doing specific types of treatment depending on their expertise and what the patient needs. Some soft tissue work techniques include manual therapy (which can include many techniques well), cupping, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (otherwise known as scraping, but GRASTON is arguably the most commonly known technique), dry needling, athletic taping, kinesiology taping, utilization of massage guns or percussion instruments, electrical stimulation (E-Stim), therapeutic ultrasound and more!

Question 5

How can chiropractic care be helpful for adults that are not competitive athletes?

Accepted Answer

Chiropractic care can be utilized by adults preventatively, for treatment of any sudden symptoms they may have due to a neuromusculoskeletal disorder, if they have chronic symptoms or just want to be on a maintenance program to keep them feeling well and moving well. A large number of adults spend hours sitting, sitting/standing behind a computer screen and looking down at phones or tablets and exercising, which can all predispose adults to having symptoms down the road.

Question 6

What conditions can benefit from chiropractic care?

Accepted Answer

There are many conditions that can benefit from chiropractic care. If an individual is suffering from any ache or pain, I typically recommend seeing their chiropractor (especially sports chiropractor) to see if anything can be done to help assist their symptoms because most often the answer is YES! This is typically less invasive than a surgery and has less side effects than taking any prescribed medications as well. Some common conditions that can benefit from chiropractic care are: neck pain, low back pain, rib pain, disc injuries, radiculopathy/radiculitis, pinched nerves, headaches, jaw pain or TMJ disorder, shoulder pain, impingement syndrome, rotator cuff injuries, tennis and golfer’s elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, pain in the hands or wrists, hip pain, pelvic pain, sciatica, runner’s knee, meniscus tears, ankle sprains, calf pain, Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis and more!

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