How to Reduce the Risk of Springtime Sports Injuries
By Donna Stark
After being cooped up in the house every day, it's exciting when you can finally head outdoors to participate in your favorite spring sport. But in order to ensure that you can continue to enjoy doing what you love to do, you have to be mindful of the potential for injury. Some of the most common spring sports, such as golf and tennis, are riddled with back, shoulder, elbow, and knee injuries, and although there are some injuries you simply can't avoid, there are plenty that you can prevent. Here are a few tips on how to do so from your local chiropractors at The Joint Chiropractic.
Training and Conditioning
To avoid injuries, it is necessary to incorporate endurance, balance, and strength-building exercises into your daily fitness routine. These exercises can have the following benefits to your overall health and wellness.
- Protect bone and muscle health
- Reduce the risk of injury from falls
- Reduce the risk of tendonitis and joint degeneration
- Improve range of motion, coordination, and flexibility
Warm-Ups
Before you engage in your favorite activity, make sure you take the time to warm up. A few light stretches or a short walk is just enough to prepare your body. Warming up before you start will help loosen your joints, increase blood flow to your muscles, and reduce the risk of injury.
Proper Form
It is imperative that you make sure you are using the proper form when playing your favorite sport and if you aren't sure you are, ask for some guidance and then practice! Using the correct form or technique will maximize your performance while reducing any unnecessary stress or strain on your joints.
Quality Sleep
A big contributor to how well you play and whether you stay healthy or not is the amount of quality sleep you get each night. Accidents happen when you are tired. You don't think as clearly, your movements aren't as sharp as they should be, and your technique? Well, we'll make it easy for you and just look away. Make sure you are getting the sleep your body needs because your muscles count on it!
Chiropractic Care
In addition to treating the pain issues that stem from sports injuries, routine chiropractic care can also help reduce the risk of them happening in the first place! Getting regular adjustments can improve your range of motion, flexibility, and balance. They can also help to improve muscle and joint function which in turn, can enhance your physical performance.
In addition, if you are set back with an injury, chiropractic care can help get you back to playing in no time! So, if you are looking forward to finally getting out of the house and participating in your favorite physical activity, head on in to see your local chiropractors at The Joint Chiropractic and follow the above tips. It's game time!
To learn more about your health, wellness, and fitness, see your local chiropractor at The Joint Chiropractic in Alpharetta, Ga.