Arlington Heights Sports Injury

If you have fallen victim to a recent sports injury or injury from everyday activities, do not fear. The chiropractic clinic in Arlington Heights has immense experience with sports injury care and we will help you recover from your injuries so that you can return to the playing field as soon as possible — even if your playing field is your daily life. It’s time for people to take control of sports injury care. The symptoms of a sports injury won’t just disappear if you quietly ignore them.

The neglected or mismanaged injury will exacerbate and cause increased pain and damage over time. We won’t let this happen to you. We are more than familiar with the strains that a sports injury can cause, both physically and emotionally. We are committed to providing you with the best sports injury care available and using the experience and expertise we’ve garnered over the years to create a customized approach to heal your particular injury.

As with everybody, every injury is different. Therefore, Dr. Mike Dziurgot understands that the efficacy of chiropractic healing methods with sports injury care can be equally varied. RICE — rest, ice, compression, and elevation — is usually the best way to manage your injury before you can reach us.

How Can Chiropractic Help Arlington Heights Athletes?

Arlington Heights athletes routinely and continually put their bodies through an extremely high level of physical stress. These stressors are different than what we experience as a result of too much school work or demands from the boss at work. Sports participation often involves quick starts and stops, explosive jumping or running, collisions, and atypical body postures that put added demands on the bodies physical structure. Therefore, whether you are a football player, wrestler, golfer, or runner, chiropractic can provide the assistance your body needs to be able to adapt to these added stresses. Often, these unusual stresses cause the bones in our back to come out of place. The effects of these changes create a cascade that often leads to loss of motion, flexibility, and speed while increasing the chances of developing headaches or predisposing the body to future athletic related injuries. For example, many long distance runners have been shown to develop chronic cases of tendonitis and pain throughout the joints in their legs. Typically, they are prescribed a pain killer to mask the symptoms of pain, providing short term relief. If pain killers were the real solution to the problem, why would they have to be continually taken?

The truth is that many sports related injuries begin due to nerve interference caused by misalignments in our joints, primarily the spine. Our chiropractors at Momentum Health Center in Arlington Heights are specially trained at removing this type of interference. When this nerve interference is removed, the body experiences an increase in blood flow, higher immune system function, proper motor pattern firing, and overall better health. As a result, athletes receiving care at our clinic have noticed increased flexibility, speed, agility, and power during sports participation. These types of results have been seen at chiropractic clinics all across the country. In fact, a recent study published in the Journal of Chiropractic Research and Investigation showed that as much as 32% of athletes receiving chiropractic care experienced these results and an even higher percentage showed a decrease in the number of injuries sustained during sports participation.

When Should an Athlete See a Chiropractor?

Just as people get a flu shot at the beginning of the year to try to prevent getting sick, athletes of all ranks shouldn't wait to see a chiropractor until after an injury has occurred. While chiropractic has been proven to be an excellent source for injury rehabilitation and healing, it is an even better resource for preventing the damage from happening. Chiropractors view the body as a whole, taking into account all aspects of health. Our team at Momentum Health Center has the resources to provide adjustive procedures, physical therapy, and soft tissue massage to address the nervous, skeletal, muscular, and ligamentous systems. Through this approach, the body is allowed to function at its optimal level, keeping you off the bench sidelined with injuries throughout the season. If you are an athlete in the Arlington Heights area, contact Momentum Health Center today to schedule your individualized consultation.

As Jerry Rice said, "Chiropractic care helped me stay healthy and succeed in the league for as long as I did."

Call our team at Momentum Health Center today to see how chiropractic care can help your sports injury in Arlington Heights. Get your life back today!