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Chiropractic Care to Treat & Prevent Sports Injuries

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Following this record low, sports and recreational injuries increased 20% in 2021, 12% in 2022, and 2% in 2023. Commonly, sports injuries are caused by traumatic force to a joint in motion causing hyperextension or hyperflexion which can result in tissue damage. In 2023, 3.7 How do sports injuries happen?

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Master the 2-Minute Knee Exam: Essential Tests & Techniques for Knee Pain

ChiroUp

Direct blows and deceleration forces can lead to ligamentous ruptures and cruciate ligament injuries; Noncontact actions like sharp turns or stops can sprain or rupture the ACL; A knee hitting a vehicle dashboard stresses the PCL. Lateral or medial forces typically result in collateral ligament damage.

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Pelvic obliquity through the chiropractic lens

Chiropractic Economics

Pelvic obliquity can cause abnormal posturing, which can increase stress on the spine, sacroiliac joint and hips. Psoas reactions are common to protect against SI joint instability, particularly involving the SI ligament, which is also vulnerable to dysfunction of the arches.

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Pelvic obliquity through the chiropractic lense

Chiropractic Economics

Pelvic obliquity can cause abnormal posturing, which can increase stress on the spine, sacroiliac joint and hips. Psoas reactions are common to protect against SI joint instability, particularly involving the SI ligament, which is also vulnerable to dysfunction of the arches.

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Mastering the Hip Exam: Top Tests for Hip Pain

ChiroUp

13) MRI Considerations Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive to detect joint effusion/synovitis, cartilage, labral, and bone marrow lesions. (15) Structural [hip] joint changes are frequent in asymptomatic population and neither radiographs nor MRI have shown a good correlation with pain and functional impairment.” (15)

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Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus part I — diagnostics and preoperative planning

Sports Medicine Research

Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus part I—diagnostics and preoperative planning The post Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus part I — diagnostics and preoperative planning appeared first on Sports Medicine Research.

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Shining a light on back pain

Musculoskeletal Australia

Pairs of small joints (facet joints) connect vertebrae to one another. Ligaments, tendons and muscles, provide further support to your spine and help protect it from injury. The pain comes from the muscles, ligaments and joints. Moving keeps your joints and soft tissues more flexible and less painful.