Sports and Athletics

Does your neighbourhood team need a chiropractor?
Chiropractic can give your athletic endeavours an edge. That’s why you’ll find chiropractors as “team doctors” for professional, college, secondary and primary school, football, hurling, basketball, rugby, hockey and camogie teams.

Chiropractic is used by top players in sports as diverse as tennis, ballet, boxing, biking, racing, golf, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, handball, rugby, running, weightlifting and other sports. Chiropractors help keep the athlete on the field and help stop minor injuries from becoming major ones without the use of drugs or surgery.

A survey among US National Football League (NFL) trainers found that 77% refer players to chiropractors and 31% of NFL teams have a chiropractor officially on staff.

Many amateur and professional athletes wouldn’t dream of competing without first getting a chiropractic spinal check-up.How about you? Want that winning edge? A little more balance? A little more lightness to your step? Try a chiropractic “shaping up” adjustment of the spine.

Sports Injuries

Sports injuries nearly always jar and misalign the spine: a blow to the ribs, legs, feet, head, shoulder or torso always radiates to the centre of the body – that’s why a chiropractic check-up is needed when you are injured regardless of the nature of the injury.

Chiropractic is needed, in fact, even when medical procedures may also be necessary.

Why? If an injury is serious enough to need medical care, the spine and body alignment is almost always damaged. Furthermore, medical doctors are simply not trained to locate and correct spinal dysfunction – that is the realm of the chiropractor.