Does Chiropractic Care Speed Up Sports Injury Recovery?

Sports-related injuries inflict not only physical damage but also psychological harm. It can cause depression, anger, and low self-esteem to not be able to participate in your passion.

 

Chiropractic care is a holistic approach to wellness. It is far more than spinal adjustments, although this is where it all starts. It promotes natural healing and effective pain relief, allowing your body to get its full strength back. When your body is strong and energetic, this promotes psychological health. You can then get off the bench and back into action.

 

Speeding Up Recovery

Even as the body heals from a sports injury, you may still experience inflammation and spasms. They increase the time it takes the injury to heal. Chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue manipulation improve the body’s ability to heal itself. They release hormones that promote pain relief and speedy recovery.

 

Here are some ways chiropractic care speeds up sports injury recovery.

 

Improving Blood Circulation

Properly aligning your musculoskeletal structure removes restrictions to blood flow. It allows blood to flow efficiently. Oxygen, nutrients, and white blood cells can reach other parts of your faster. In turn, these encourage faster healing of your injuries.

 

Break Up Scar Tissue

As your body heals, it creates scar tissue. The scar tissue reduces the flexibility and strength of the muscles. It causes joint stiffness and muscle pain. Soft tissue manipulation and chiropractic adjustments help break up the scar tissue. This increases your flexibility and strength throughout recovery.

 

Improve Muscle Tone

After an injury, you may lose muscle tone. It affects your strength, making it difficult to play. Chiropractic adjustments not only realign the spine, but muscles too. It manipulates the muscle and strengthens your structure. When you have a strong structure, it improves muscle tone. It also makes you strong, healthy, and more prepared for a speedy recovery.

 

Reduce Inflammation

Chiropractic adjustments realign your spine. The body responds by cutting back the production of inflammatory cytokines. Reduction of inflammatory cytokine lowers inflammation. It also deals with pain in the muscles. With the reduction of inflammation and pain, your physical and mental health improves.

 

Reduce Pain

Spinal manipulations help the body naturally release pain-relieving hormones. These hormones include oxytocin, cortisol, and neurotensin. They reduce pain and improve your physical and mental health.

 

Restoring and Improving Your Range of Motion

Manual manipulation of your joints helps restore and increase your range of motion. The chiropractor gently moves your joints. They do this in the direction there is a restriction of movement. With time, this increases your range of motion. It makes it easy to play without pain or restriction.

 

Deals With Breathing Issues

An injury that causes misalignment of the thoracic or cervical vertebrae also causes breathing issues. The alignment of these vertebrae reduces lung inflammation. It helps you breathe easier and better. With more oxygen flowing through your body, you can heal faster.

 

Promotes Better Sleep

Sleep is essential to the healing of the body. That is why doctors may put patients with severe conditions into induced comas. Sleep helps their bodies heal. Chiropractic care aligns the spine and relieves tension and pain. It leads to relaxation and peaceful slumber, allowing your body to heal.

For more information on how to speed up sports injury recovery, contact Cashae Spine & Sports at our office in Silver Spring, Maryland. You can call us at (240) 219-8975 to schedule an appointment today.