Whether you are a competitive or recreational athlete, injuries are more than an inconvenience; they can keep you from playing the sport you enjoy. However, chiropractic adjustments for these injuries can promote natural healing, allowing you to get back in the game sooner.

3 Sports Injuries Chiropractic Adjustments Can Help

1. Knee Pain

Knee pain can be caused from an impact injury, overuse, or weak muscles around the knee joint. You may experience pain, swelling, or feel popping sensations of the knee. Whether you enjoy playing sports or you exercise on a regular basis, knee injuries are common. Your knee carries a great deal of body weight and absorbs the forces of your movements. Chiropractors are trained to assess the function of the knee and other joints and can use chiropractic adjustments and exercises to reduce pain. Chiropractors will take a detailed health history of your knee pain, they will also ask when the pain started, as well as possible causes.  Next, through adjusting of the knee they will try to get your knee back into alignment. 

2. Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain can cause inflammation of the muscles and tendons around the shoulder joint and range of motion can become significantly reduced. A chiropractic may be able to help to regain flexibility, strength, and ultimately help heal the injury, through chiropractic adjustments, stretching, and exercises at home. Shoulder pain is very common especially in those who work physical repetitive jobs from over use. Chiropractic care can be a great way to manage discomfort caused by shoulder pain.  Chiropractors deliver a gentle, non-invasive treatment known as a chiropractic adjustment. Chiropractic adjustments reduce joint restrictions or misalignments in the spine and other joints in the body such as the shoulder joints. 

3. Tennis Elbow/ Golfer’s Elbow

Lateral (outside) epicondylitis or tennis elbow and medial (inside) epicondylitis or golfer’s elbow occurs when the muscles and tendons that connect the elbow joint and the forearm are overly used in a repetitive motion. Even if you do not play tennis or golf, these injuries can easily happen to you over time. Tennis elbow is a pain or soreness that is felt on the outside of the elbow and golfer’s elbow is felt on the inside of the elbow. As far as treatment is concerned, a chiropractor can help speed the healing process and provide pain relief through adjustments, stretching, and may advise rest and ice.

Heartland Family Chiropractic, PLLC  in Elizabethtown, KY, can help you live your best life free from pain—the natural way. Whether your discomfort stems from a sports injury, whiplash, or an auto accident injury, Adam T. Fulkerson, D.C. offers chiropractic adjustments that relieve pain from head to toe. Call (270) 234-8880 or contact Heartland Family Chiropractic online to schedule a consultation.