Sports Injuries Treated by Marine City MI Chiropractor – Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician-

Chiropractors are known for treating spinal pain. This includes neck, back, and headache pain. There is a lot of research that supports chiropractic care for these issues.

Dr. Gilbert is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician. He is one of the few in the state. He has extra training to diagnose and treat non-spinal musculoskeletal injuries. These include injuries to the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hands. He also treats injuries to the hip, knee, ankle, and foot.

Certified sports chiropractors have special training and experience. This helps them diagnose exercise-related problems quickly and accurately.

Certified Chiropractic Sport Physicians use their sports medicine knowledge to help patients. They work as part of a healthcare team. Their goal is to:

• establish proper diagnosis
• optimize rehabilitation
• improve patient outcomes
• prevent recurring injury
  

We work with other physicians and facilitate prompt referrals as needed for all cases.

What can Marine City Sports Chiropractor do for you?

As a chiropractor who focuses on sports, we are dedicated to understanding the body’s posture and function. We help athletes keep their performance at its best.

The challenges that athletes put their bodies through differ from ordinary lifestyle stresses on the human structure. The high activity level of any athlete is good. This is true as long as they can keep proper posture and move correctly.

Do I Need to Be Evaluated?

When posture becomes compromised and movement patterns altered the body begins to be subjected to repeated stress patterns. These patterns of stress typically show up in predictable ways with common areas of complaint.

If you feel sore after exercising, that is normal. However, if you have sharp pain or ongoing discomfort, it may be a problem. This could mean your posture and movement patterns are not right, which can lead to other issues.

Two Types of Dysfunction

Primary: This type involves a trauma or accident. This can include lifting, impact collisions, slips, falls, or other unexpected events. These incidents are usually sudden.

Secondary: This type of dysfunction happens because of bad posture and unusual movement patterns. It often comes from repeated stress. This type of dysfunction develops slowly over time. It can go unnoticed for years and then show up during athletic activities.

How Can Marine City Sports Chiropractor Help?

Depending on the diagnosis of your condition we have function tests to pinpoint problems and treatment programs to:

1. Reduce pain and symptoms
2. Stabilize and better your posture
3. Restore normal function of the involved areas
4. Prevent future problems

Treatments options we might pursue:

1. Manipulation of the affected areas
2. Laser Therapy. Laser Therapy can be beneficial in both acute and chronic conditions.
3. The use of Therapeutics: massage, trigger point therapy, myofascial release
4. Kinesio Tapping or bracing as needed
5. Exercise to build muscle strength and stabilize joint movement
6. Stabilizing Orthotics to help foot stability and absorb damaging stress