Chiropractic Care & Sports Injuries

CHIROPRACTIC CARE & SPORTS INJURIES 75% ВАCK PAIN of elite athletes experience back pain Is one of the most common 10% - 15% reasons for doctor visits of young athletes experience low back pain especially for athletes LOWER BACKPAIN By Sport 80% 30% GOLF 85% GYMNASTICS WEIGHTLIFTING 58% SOCCER 50% 69% TENNIS WRESTLING LOWER BACKPAIN 7-13% Athletes who use Of all sports injuries in intercollegiate athletes are low proper form and moderate their back injuries excercise have fewer degenerative disk changes than those who use It is less common for former athletes than improper form and overtrain in non-athletes. ВАСКРAIN COLLEGE ATHLETES BY GENDER & LOW BACK INJURIES Female athletes 33% 26% Most common experience Back injuires more recurrent back pain due 60% to overuse. Muscle Strains 7% ВАСКРАIN Disc Injuries Disc degeneration is more 75% non-athletes common for elite athletes than for non-athletes 31% elite athletes Cityl Canary Wharfl Blackheath 07855 916 602 the hunter clinic CTIMONEY CHIROPRACTIC Sources www.ncbi.nlm.nih.giv/pmc/articles/PMC3445254 www.0.sun.ac.za/kampusgesondheid/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Prevention-of-Back-Pain-in-athletes.pdf emedicine.medscape.com/article/95444-overview#a0199 bjsm.bmj.com/content/37/3/263.full