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Expert Q&A
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| By Bruce Salzinger, D.C., CCSP Chiropractor | ||
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My child is very sore after his football games. One mom has said I should take him to a chiropractor during the football season. Another mom says that as active in sports as he is, I should take him all the time. I would love some advice."
You truly have dear friends and you should thank them for the great information. Let me tell you my story. Thirty years ago I hurt my low back severely while skiing. I had always skied and was a member of my college ski racing team. My parents immediately took me to an orthopedic practice and they put me on pain relievers and muscle relaxers and additionally prescribed physical therapy. After a month of that approach I was told surgery was my next option, as I had not gotten any better. Fortunately a good friend of mine told me about chiropractic. After an examination I was told I had a subluxation, a bone out of place, putting pressure on a nerve, and this was causing my problem. After a few treatments I was able to bend forward and take my own shoes off for the first time in quite some time.Chiropractic adjustments in conjunction with a physical therapy rehabilitation worked.
During my chiropractic treatments I was educated by my doctor about the brain and spinal cord – how they conducted the precious nerve impulses down and out to all the cells of my body, controlling and regulating their function. I was told that pressure on that system diminished its ability to function and that by reducing that pressure normal function would be restored.
That spring, for the first time, I was not influenced by the pollen in the air as I had been all the years before. That winter I did not come down with upper respiratory bronchitis, which as well had bothered me for years every winter. The only difference was I was getting chiropractic care on a proactive basis rather than a patch up to this or that symptom.
As a practicing sports chiropractor I have had the opportunity to treat athletes at the highest levels of competition worldwide. Chiropractic is a drugless, non-surgical approach to health care – the embodiment of the Olympic spirit. You'd be wise to find out more by visiting a doctor of chiropractic near where you live or work. I'm confident you'll find both of your friends to be right – not for just sports injury but for an improved life as well."
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