We encounter a good deal of sports injuries in our Lynnwood clinic, and Lifeplus Health Centers is often able to help these athletes. Stanford Childrens Hospital states that over 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and below are injured each year when playing sports. Add that to the nearly 2 million adults hurt each year while engaged in sports-related activities, according to statistics collected by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can start to see the importance of preventing these types of widespread injuries. One way to potentially achieve that goal, according to a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to engage in regular chiropractic care.
In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg injuries are commonplace, often sidelining the players and impacting their team's chance at securing a win. One particular study was administered using 59 semi-elite Australian Rules footballers to see how well chiropractic therapy could reduce these injuries and help keep them playing.
For this study in particular, every one of the participants received medical treatment. In addition, half of them also were given chiropractic treatments at the rate of 1 session each week for the first six weeks, biweekly treatments for the next three months, and one treatment per month for the last 3 months of the study. The other half were given no chiropractic intervention whatsoever and acted as the control group to assess the benefits of chiropractic care.
After twenty-four matches, specialists reported a lessened amount of lower limb muscle strains in the group that had been given chiropractic care. Furthermore, that same group also missed fewer matches connected to non-contact knee injuries. This lead the researchers to conclude that chiropractic should be added to sports training programs to dramatically decrease the quantity of leg injuries.
If you or your child are active in sports and you would like to make sure more time is dedicated on the field versus on the bench, call our Lynnwood office at (425) 775-2288 and make an appointment today. We will do our best to keep you in the game!
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Dr. Stephanie Greenall was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in 1991. Doctor Greenall served as President-Elect of the Washington State Chiropractic Association (WSCA) Board of Directors in 2014 representing over 1000 chiropractors in Washington state. Stephanie’s parents introduced her to alternative care as a child. Their family would visit their chiropractor on a regular basis. She knew at a young age that chiropractic was the answer to most ailments. As a teenager, working for a veterinarian, she always knew she wanted to be a healer. Dr. Greenall lives in Edmonds and has called the Lynnwood/Edmonds area home since she began her practice in 1991. “My purpose of practicing chiropractic is to provide the highest quality of alternative ways of healing to my patients.” Stephanie Greenall
