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Chiropractic Care to Treat & Prevent Sports Injuries

Canadian Chiropractic Association

One such injury is a torn anterior cruciate ligament which results from a quick deceleration, hyperextension or rotation of the knee joint that may or may not involve contact with another person. Chiropractors, as joint, muscle and nervous system experts, can help prevent and manage sports-related injuries.

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Ankle sprains as peripheral and central injuries

Chiropractic Economics

Heres how, reframes this common injury through the lens of neuroplasticity, asserting that ankle sprains not only damage local ligaments and tissues but also induce changes in how the central nervous system (CNS) processes sensory and motor signals. This technique anatomically reattaches torn ligaments to the fibula.

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How To Minimize Your Low Back Pain During Pregnancy

Beecher Chiropractic

Toward the end of the pregnancy, the body releases a hormone, Relaxin, which helps the ligaments to loosen and allow the pelvis to open for delivery. The good news is that the literature supports the use of chiropractic care to help reduce these pains and discomforts without the need of drugs or bedrest.

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F4CP celebrates successful chiropractic care campaign

Chiropractic Economics

Pickleball injuries and chiropractic care Finally, during the Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships in November , F4CP will air a commercial focusing on how chiropractic care can prevent common pickleball injuries, such as foot fractures, sprained ankles, and trauma to the anterior cruciate ligament, Achilles tendon and rotator cuff.

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Back pain Facts & Statistics

ABCA

The back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. You can sprain ligaments, strain muscles, rupture disks, and irritate joints, all of which can lead to back pain. To learn more about how chiropractic manipulation may help you, contact a Doctor of Chiropractic in your area. Quit smoking.

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How To Improve Your Health And Fitness In 2024

Beecher Chiropractic

As a doctor of chiropractic, this is the one that I hear about the most. To help your spine and prevent injuries you should do activities that increase your strength and your flexibility. The more flexible you are, the less likely you are to sprain or strain a muscle or ligament.

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How Chiropractic Care is Combatting the Tech Neck Epidemic

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

The unnatural positioning of the body while using phones, tablets, computers and other devices is creating undue stress on the involved joints and soft tissues of the body such as joint capsules, muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves.