Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office Cares for Groton Athletes of All Levels who have Back Pain
Groton athletes – young and older alike – detest being sidelined from their sports. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office understands this! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers individualized, useful Groton chiropractic treatment plans to return athletes suffering with back pain to their sports with more knowledge of prevention and rehabilitation tips to avoid future back pain and keep participating in what they love to do.
YOUTH ATHLETES, THEIR SPORTS, AND SPONDYLOLYSIS BACK PAIN
Back pain may affect young athletes in a range of sports. Researchers propose that the young person or adolescent with low back pain and back muscle spasm should be followed carefully for increased risk of pars interarticularis fracture associated with spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis. (1) In a new study of 1025 adolescent athletes with low back pain, 30% of them had spondylolysis. By sport, males’ top three sports with higher risk were baseball (54%), soccer (48%), and hockey (44%). Females’ top 3 sports were gymnastics (34%), marching band (31%), and softball (30%). Geography and level of athletic prowess may significantly impact the risk of spondylolysis in athletes. (2) This just goes to show Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office that athletes of all ages and all sports warrant attention when experiencing Groton back pain.
MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS
Groton back pain sufferers frequently comment that their back pain came on after a particular seemingly benign move. That’s not uncommon! Past research studies usually pointed to repetitive motion of the lumbar spine into extension, rotation or a combination of these as important risk factors for spondylolysis. Such motions were noted in practicing baseball batting/pitching, soccer shooting, and volleyball spiking. Running track and field does not require such motions, yet running athletes are diagnosed with spondylolysis pushing researchers to figure out why. They found that the spinopelvic angles in running athletes are similar to the above sports’ athletes, putting them in danger of mechanical stress on the pars interarticularis, too, leading to spondylolysis. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office helps Groton back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes the same.
GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL
A new article explained that endurance athletes has intense joint-loading leading to cartilage metabolism and type II collagen degradation. The type II collagen degradation in soccer and rugby players was elevated signifying improved cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes while type II collagen synthesis was nearly equivalent. Glucosamine – a type II collagen – delivered a chondroprotective action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen degradation. (4) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office has more detail on glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints whether you are an athlete or not!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Patricia Estrada on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Estrada shares how chiropractic care influences the collegiate athlete in his/her sport.
Schedule a Groton chiropractic visit for yourself and/or your favorite athlete. Chiropractic care may include preventative care with spinal manipulation, supplementation and specific exercise as well as rehabilitative care. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office works hard to get our Groton athletes off the sideline and back into the game as quickly and healthy as possible.
