Sports Injury FAQs: What You Need to Know About Recovery
As a chiropractor practice in Los Altos, we see and treat a wide variety of sports injuries. A sports injury can both make everyday life difficult and make once-favorite activities impossible. For a serious sports injury, recovery can seem out of reach, which is why it is so important to find the right help in treating your sports injury. Chiropractic care is a natural remedy to help you relieve your pain.
Sports Injury Concerns
We get a lot of questions and concerns about all aspects of sports injuries. Here are some of the ones we are most commonly asked.
What Is a Sports Injury?
Generally, a sports injury is any injury sustained while engaging in any sport. But while playing soccer, for example, is going to lead to quite different sorts of injuries than rowing, sports injuries of all variety often involve bruising, tears, strains, and sprains, in addition to potential broken bones. Oftentimes, soft tissue is affected in a sports injury, this might include injury to ligaments, tendons, muscles, and fascia.
How Do I Know if I've Sustained a Sports Injury?
There are two types of sports injuries. With acute injuries, the injury occurs suddenly, while chronic injuries happen over time. An acute injury is likely to cause immediate pain. Bruising, loss of motion or pain at the relevant part may also all occur. With chronic injuries that happen over time, the symptom may include increasing pain over time, or general weakness or pain in the specific body area.
How Can I Prevent a Sports Injury?
Proper hydration throughout exercise as well as stretching and warming up before and after are all important parts of preventing sports-related injury.
What Should I Do If I Get a Sports Injury?
One of the best at-home remedies for a sports injury, be it chronic or acute, is to employ RICE:
- Rest
- Ice
- Compression
- Elevation
Call Reimer Wellness Center Today!
A chiropractor adjustment is one of the best ways to deal with a sports injury. Having a properly aligned spine and adjusted extremities will help both to prevent an injury and aid in recovery. To schedule an appointment with one of our excellent Los Altos chiropractors at Reimer Wellness Center, give us a call at 650-492-6067.