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Sports Injury Care

Overview

Small improvements make a big difference when you’re competing, especially in sports. Chiropractors can help a sportsperson train more effectively, prevent injuries, recover faster, thus, improve overall sports performance. Regular chiropractic adjustments improve range of motion, increase blood circulation and reduce muscle soreness.

Chiropractic care helps to improve your health and your athletic ability while ensuring minor injuries do not turn into major ones. You do not have to be a professional athlete to benefit from chiropractic care. Low impact sports may create accumulative minor injuries that will result in pain. Repetitive actions can eventually wear down a body with the same result as a high impact trauma experienced from professional athletes.

Causes of sports injury

Over-reliance on pain medication – some athletes are just reluctant to take a break due to a tournament and cannot be away from their chosen sports or just too eager to enjoy their hobbies. Some will resort to medication to blunt the pain signals; this can be an issue as the athlete shuts off the pain signals for the sake of the sports and puts the bodies normal physiology into further damage.

Over-Training: A sports injury can result from excessive fatigue in combination with insufficient recovery time. Insufficient rest before or after high-intensity training would weaken or damage the body, therefore increasing the risk of injury.

Repetitive Overuse: Most athletes tend to repeat the same motion over and over. Due to this repetitive movement, certain muscles or joints get overused and gradually become weakened or damaged, resulting in a sports injury.

Skipping Warm-Up: It is important that you get your body prepared before you start any physical activities. A proper warm-up helps to increase body temperature and circulation to the muscles. 20 minutes of stretching and light cardio exercises will improve your performance and reduce the risk of injury.

Poor Posture/Technique: Improper posture or techniques put a great burden to the joints and muscles that are used during the workout. Initially, it would start off with minor symptoms such as mild discomfort but over time it can result in a serious injury.

Poor Nutrition and Hydration: Not fueling the body adequately or dehydration can reduce muscle function and recovery, increasing susceptibility to cramps and injuries.

Returning Too Soon: Jumping back into rigorous activity without fully recovering from a prior injury can exacerbate the condition or lead to other injuries.

Symptoms of Sports injury

Decreased Mobility: Limited joint movement due to stiffness or scar tissue formation.

Weakness: Reduced strength in the injured area and development of muscle imbalance.

Chronic Instability: Recurring sprains or dislocations, especially in ligament injuries.

Arthritis: Increased risk of cartilaginous injury due to wear and tear on a particular injury

Re-injury: More vulnerability in previously injured areas to have relapse

Prolonged recovery: For competitive athletes, injury can impact professional opportunities or career longevity.

Other symptoms to look out for

Growth Plate Issues (in Children): Potential for abnormal bone growth from stress on bone.

Neurological Complications: Concerns like post-concussion syndrome from head injuries.

Muscle Atrophy: Muscle wasting from prolonged inactivity if re-injury persists

How can Chiropractic care help with sport injury?
Improve and Maintain Peak Performance, our spine should be functioning at its best so that during sporting performance, when we are pushing our bodies to the limit, we do not have any spinal subluxations to interfere with our given sports. This can help us prevent injuries as well as recovery faster from exhaustive workouts and competitions

Medical prescriptions mask the pain of injuries and bear the risk of addiction. Surgeries have long recovery time and some surgeries might leave the sportsperson incapable of returning to the field forever. On the other hand, chiropractic treatment relieves the pain without medications and surgery. Estimated 90% of world class sportspersons routinely visit a chiropractor to prevent injuries and boost sports performance such as Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt, Micheal Jordan and more

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Sports Injury Care

Michelle Lam Yen Yee

08:07 05 Nov 24

I had experience pain on my neck, shoulder and arm since last year. I stopped visiting a chiropractor last December and suffered a relapse in August 2024. I didn't quite understand my condition until Dr Chris found out that it was due to a fall I had very long ago. It was severe and under Dr Chris's intensive care, my condition has improved in two months time. I no longer have stiffness in my neck and shoulder. I'm always reminded to do exercise when I'm at home or at office and be more mindful of my posture. Eversince, I'm able to sleep well and handle stress better.

Clement Tang

04:10 19 Oct 24

I have suffered lower back pain, headache and neck stiffness for a couple of years, a statistically significant improvement in all the symptoms that bothered me for a few years after 2 months of treatment and adjustment. Highly recommended !!!!

Chang Sam Lo

02:20 19 Oct 24

I've been suffering from migraine & sleep disorder for decades. With just a few visit to Peak Health Chiro, migraine issue stopped almost instantly. Not only that, neck & spine issues, sleeping quality, and posture improved drastically too. Dr Chris knows what he's doing, he's excellent.

Wai See

07:50 17 Oct 24

Been coming for chiropractic care because of my shoulder blade and mid back pain. Dr Chris has helped me to reduce symptoms and improved my quality of life especially sleep quality. I feel more energetic to exercise as well. Other health improvements I've noticed 6 months into care is that my posture, mobility, strength and mood has seen improvements

Loh Yi Xuan

14:20 05 Aug 24

I had a great experience receiving treatment here and had since witness improvement in managing my back pain.The doctor really provided me with an in-depth and detailed plan and prognosis of my condition.

Thomas Nilsen

16:10 22 Jul 24

Dr. Lim is a knowledgeable and thorough chiropractor. While on holiday, I went to see him for a second opinion on my back issues. I was recommended to have an x-ray of my back and neck and was adjusted accordingly. Dr. Lim suggested a range of stretches for me and I am grateful for the advice given.

Laurent Lacabanne

11:22 17 Jul 24

Excellent service for chiropractic care. Dr Chris approach is based on a x-ray of the spine. Based of this he will focus on the weak part of your spine and advise of good practices and rehab exercises.My spine has suffered several problems due to my sports hobbies. Mainly rock climbing and mountain biking at the moment. It helps to build some good foundations to fix the issues but also to maintain a good health in order to continue doing my preferred sports

Brian Chia

03:07 11 Jun 24

Highly recommend! Dr. Chris has provided me great treatment, care and support, not just from the chiropractic point but in a holistic manner. My before and after X-ray following weeks of intensive adjustments has shown improvement in my overall spine and posture. My back pain has also been reduced.As an athlete training across multiple disciplines, with constant injuries and intense load of training for my races, I feel supported and much more prepared through the rehab and prehab therapies/exercises recommended. And as a human being, my quality of life has improved!