Guide to Sports Injuries with Our Chiropractor

Discover how our chiropractor can help you recover and prevent future injuries. Whether you're a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, sports injuries can impact your performance and well-being. This quick guide from our team at Marsch Chiropractic Center in Orangeburg, SC, discusses this risk and how chiropractic care can benefit sports injury treatment.
Common Sports Injuries

Sports injuries can occur in athletes of all ages and skill levels, impacting various parts of the body. Below are some of the most common categories of sports injuries you might experience.

Dislocations

Joint dislocations occur when the bones in a joint are forced out of their normal position, leading to pain, swelling, and instability. Many athletes play contact sports and suffer from dislocations. These are common in the shoulders, fingers, elbows, and kneecaps.

Sprains, Strains, and Tears

Sports put great stress on the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. When athletes move beyond the normal range or cannot move due to tense muscles, it’s easy to over-extend them. This overextension often happens with the wrists and ankles.

You can also overuse your muscles repetitively, like swinging a tennis racket or running. This overuse is where injuries like tennis elbow, shin splints, and runner’s knee come into play.

Herniated Discs and Nerve Compression

Contact sports often lead to misalignment and herniated discs. However, this injury also occurs in golf and tennis, as players rotate their backs to swing. For many, this leads to develope sciatic symptoms.

Chiropractic Care in Sports Injury Treatment

Chiropractic care provides a natural and holistic way of healing from sports injuries. Adjustments restore alignment throughout the skeletal system, including the spine and extremities. Therapeutic exercises stretch and strengthen the damaged area. Soft tissue techniques can improve your range of motion.

Enjoy Natural Sports Injury Relief with Our Chiropractor

If a sports injury has you writhing in pain or avoiding your favorite sport, let our team at Marsch Chiropractic Center in Orangeburg, SC, help. Call us at (803) 536-1635 to schedule your appointment today.