Chiropractic Care Effective at Preventing Sports Injuries in New York
We encounter a lot of sports injuries in our New York clinic, and Dr. Valente is generally able to help these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital reports that more than 3.5 million children aged 14 and below are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the almost 2 million adults injured each year while taking part 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 minimizing these types of widespread injuries. One way to potentially realize that goal, according to a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to engage in regular chiropractic treatments.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are common, often sidelining the players and impacting their team's chance at winning. One specific study was conducted using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see if chiropractic care could lessen these injuries and help keep them playing.
Research Proves Chiropractic Therapy Helps in Treating Sports Injuries
For this study in particular, every one of the volunteers got medical treatment. In addition, half of them also received chiropractic treatments at the rate of one session each week for the first 6 weeks, biweekly sessions for the following three months, and one session each month for the last 3 months of the study. The other half had no chiropractic intervention at all and acted as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic.
Following twenty-four matches, researchers reported a lessened number of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had received chiropractic care. Additionally, that same group also missed fewer matches correlated to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic should be made an addition to sports training programs to dramatically reduce the amount of leg injuries.
Dr. Valente Can Help Clients Find Relief From Sports Injuries & Help You Recover Quicker
If you or your child are active in sports and you want to make sure greater time is spent on the field as opposed to on the bench, call our New York office at (917) 338-7917 and schedule 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.
Dr. Valente
Dr. Valente graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in Houston, Texas, with a focus on Radiology, Rehabilitation, and Myofascial Disorders. During this time he received a certification in Acupuncture and was trained in Concussion Grading, Athletic Taping and Kinesio Taping techniques. At the same time he joined the Baseball Sports Medicine Institute where he treated Professional and Amateur athletes.
