Vancouver Disc Centers Cares for Vancouver Athletes of All Levels who have Back Pain
Vancouver athletes – young and older alike – dislike being sidelined from their sports. Vancouver Disc Centers understands this! Vancouver Disc Centers offers individualized, useful Vancouver chiropractic treatment plans to return athletes experiencing back pain to their sports with more awareness of prevention and rehabilitation tips to escape future back pain and keep doing what they love to do.
YOUTH ATHLETES, THEIR SPORTS, AND SPONDYLOLYSIS BACK PAIN
Back pain may affect young athletes in a variety of sports. Researchers propose that the young person or adolescent with low back pain and back muscle spasm should be followed closely for heightened risk of pars interarticularis fracture related to 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 3 sports with higher risk were baseball (54%), soccer (48%), and hockey (44%). Females’ top three 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 Vancouver Disc Centers that athletes of all ages and all sports warrant attention when experiencing Vancouver back pain.
MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS
Vancouver back pain sufferers frequently comment that their back pain came on after a particular really benign move. That’s not uncommon! Past research reports often indicated that repetitive motion of the lumbar spine into extension, rotation or a combination of these to be key risk factors for spondylolysis. Such motions were seen in baseball batting or pitching practice, soccer shooting practice, and volleyball spiking practice. Running track and field does not demand such motions, and running athletes are seen with spondylolysis prompting researchers to figure out why. They discovered that the spinopelvic angles of athletes who run are similar to the above sports’ athletes, putting them at risk of mechanical stress on the pars interarticularis, too, leading to spondylolysis. (3) Vancouver Disc Centers helps Vancouver back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes alike.
GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL
A new paper noted that endurance athletes has intense joint-loading preceding cartilage metabolism and type II collagen degradation. In soccer and rugby players, the type II collagen degradation was elevated indicating improved cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes while type II collagen synthesis was almost equivalent. Glucosamine – a type II collagen – delivered a chondroprotective action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen degradation. (4) Vancouver Disc Centers has more info on glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints whether you’re an athlete or not!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Patricia Estrada on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Estrada shares how chiropractic care benefits the collegiate athlete in his/her sport.
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment for yourself and/or your favorite athlete. Chiropractic care may include preventative care with spinal manipulation, supplementation and specific exercise along with rehabilitative care. Vancouver Disc Centers works hard to get our Vancouver athletes off the sideline and back into the game as fast and safely as possible.
