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Giving Student Athletes the Chiropractic Edge

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

These exams help provide a baseline for overall health and detect potential underlying conditions, such as Marfan’s Syndrome, heart issues or joint problems that could lead to complications or injury during play. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury, not unlike what is experienced with whiplash. school systems.

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Smart Timing After Slips, Trips and Falls

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

In 2020 over 42,000 people died in falls at home and at work and more than 6.8 If the fall causes a jerk or hitting of the head, the effect can be like that of a whiplash injury and a concussion may be present along with injury to the cervical spine (neck). Stabilizing the spine or joints when needed with braces or splints.

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