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How Athletes Can Benefit from a Sports Massage

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Therapeutic sports massage is increasing in popularity among athletes whether the athlete is considered a professional or is more of a sports enthusiast. Professional massage is also gaining in traditional health care circles as a valid therapy that can help loosen up tightened muscles and may help encourage faster healing of overused muscles during intense training workouts or after competitive events.

Soccer Therapy by Occupational Therapists

Soccer Therapy by Occupational Therapists - Perth Wellness Centre Blog

The demands of soccer can lead to various injuries to ankles, knees and hips, such as sprains, ligament damage and muscle tightness. A recent study recorded a total of 63,258 injuries from 2005 – 2014 in a specific cohort with sprains and strains attributing to 34% of the total.

Magnesium Deficiency in Athletes

Magnesium Deficiency in Athletes

At Perth Wellness Centre, we treat many athletes from various sporting disciplines. Common complaints from these athletes are that they suffer from cramps, spasms, and general weakness. All these signs point to our athletes suffering from a magnesium deficiency.

How Chiropractors Help Athletes Pt. 2

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Sports Chiropractic Australia has a vision to enhance the health of physically active Australians through chiropractic care and to increase integration and cooperation with others in sports healthcare. The Sports Chiropractor focuses on the preventative, maintenance forms of treatment as much as the acute, immediate treatment of athletes.

How Chiropractors Help Athletes Pt. 1

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Sports Chiropractic provides care in the conservative management, rehabilitation or optimization of the neuromuscular system for the athlete to recover from injury and/or better performance. In Australia, sports chiropractic has been established for over 30 years.

How Chiropractors Help Athletes Pt. 1

How can chiropractic care help athletes?

Sports Chiropractic provides care in the conservative management, rehabilitation or optimization of the neuromuscular system for the athlete to recover from injury and/or better performance. In Australia, sports chiropractic has been established for over 30 years.

Sports Chiropractic Australia has a vision to enhance the health of physically active Australians through chiropractic care and to increase integration and cooperation with others in sports healthcare.

The Sports Chiropractor focuses on the preventative, maintenance forms of treatment as much as the acute, immediate treatment of athletes.

A Sports Chiropractor gives consideration to the hard and soft connective tissues (joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia etc), in addition to exercise prescription.

The focus of sports chiropractic is to provide care in the conservative management, rehabilitation and performance optimization of the neuromusculoskeletal system for athletes. Sports chiropractors are also strongly driven to participate in a multi-disciplinary sports injury care team such as Physiotherapists, Soft Tissue Therapists, Sports Physicians and Orthopedic Surgeons to help provide the best care for each athlete.

Sports chiropractic achieves this focus through the application of a multi-modal treatment approach that include one or more of the following: manipulation, mobilization, soft tissue therapies, electrotherapy, rehabilitation and other movement/exercise therapies, nutritional advice, strapping and bracing and other related approaches. These approaches are applied to injury management in the form of acute, sub-acute and chronic injury as well as in the prevention of injury and the optimisation of athletic performance through the pursuit of the highest efficiency in neuro-musculoskeletal functioning.

Evidence for sports chiropractic is still growing with recent studies has highlighted some interesting results regarding the reduction and management of injuries for athletes.

If your are into sports and struggling with injuries or finding hard to meet your peak potential call or email the clinic for more information on how we can help you.

Call: (08) 9321 1964

By Dr. Ruben, Perth Chiropractor

References

The Effect of a Sports Chiropractic Manual Therapy Interventions on the Prevention of Back Pain, Hamstring and Lower Limb Injuries in Semi-elite Australia Rules Footballers; RCT (2010) Wayne Hoskins PhD , Henry Pollard PhD

Devitt BM. Use of conservative and sport-specific management strategies for a baseball pitcher with persistent elbow pain [case report]. J Chiropr Med 2006;5(3):97-100.

Kazemi M, Shearer H. Chiropractic utilization in Taekwondo help athletes. J Can Chiropr Assoc 2008 June;52(2):96-109

Stump JL, Redwood D: The use and role of sport chiropractors in the National Football League: A short report. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2002, 25 (3): 1-4. 10.1067/mmt.2002.122326.

How Chiropractors Help Athletes Pt. 1

How can chiropractic care help athletes?

Sports Chiropractic provides care in the conservative management, rehabilitation or optimization of the neuromuscular system for the athlete to recover from injury and/or better performance. In Australia, sports chiropractic has been established for over 30 years.

Sports Chiropractic Australia has a vision to enhance the health of physically active Australians through chiropractic care and to increase integration and cooperation with others in sports healthcare.

The Sports Chiropractor focuses on the preventative, maintenance forms of treatment as much as the acute, immediate treatment of athletes.

A Sports Chiropractor gives consideration to the hard and soft connective tissues (joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia etc), in addition to exercise prescription.

The focus of sports chiropractic is to provide care in the conservative management, rehabilitation and performance optimization of the neuromusculoskeletal system for athletes. Sports chiropractors are also strongly driven to participate in a multi-disciplinary sports injury care team such as Physiotherapists, Soft Tissue Therapists, Sports Physicians and Orthopedic Surgeons to help provide the best care for each athlete.

Sports chiropractic achieves this focus through the application of a multi-modal treatment approach that include one or more of the following: manipulation, mobilization, soft tissue therapies, electrotherapy, rehabilitation and other movement/exercise therapies, nutritional advice, strapping and bracing and other related approaches. These approaches are applied to injury management in the form of acute, sub-acute and chronic injury as well as in the prevention of injury and the optimisation of athletic performance through the pursuit of the highest efficiency in neuro-musculoskeletal functioning.

Evidence for sports chiropractic is still growing with recent studies has highlighted some interesting results regarding the reduction and management of injuries for athletes.

If your are into sports and struggling with injuries or finding hard to meet your peak potential call or email the clinic for more information on how we can help you.

Call: (08) 9321 1964

By Dr. Ruben, Perth Chiropractor

References

The Effect of a Sports Chiropractic Manual Therapy Interventions on the Prevention of Back Pain, Hamstring and Lower Limb Injuries in Semi-elite Australia Rules Footballers; RCT (2010) Wayne Hoskins PhD , Henry Pollard PhD

Devitt BM. Use of conservative and sport-specific management strategies for a baseball pitcher with persistent elbow pain [case report]. J Chiropr Med 2006;5(3):97-100.

Kazemi M, Shearer H. Chiropractic utilization in Taekwondo help athletes. J Can Chiropr Assoc 2008 June;52(2):96-109

Stump JL, Redwood D: The use and role of sport chiropractors in the National Football League: A short report. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2002, 25 (3): 1-4. 10.1067/mmt.2002.122326.