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Don’t Forget The Nutrition!

New Fairfield Nutrition

Summertime madness of activities about to begin! We had just about mastered the balance all of our daily activities. Now with the ring of the last school bell hit fast forward and add the bumper of kids games, practices, carpools and change of babysitters. As our activities become a series of the next, we ...

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Sports Rehabilitation and Improved Performance

Sports Rehabilitation New Fairfield CT Athletic Performance

Have you ever witnessed a professional or Olympic athlete that seems to be superhuman?  Did you sit and watch mesmerized by their quick reflexes, amazing speed, and agility? We all have.  While many simply believe it's "enhancement drugs" others, who are sports athletes, investigate further to find out what measures they are taking to become the 1% of ...

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Sports Rehabilitation and Improved Performance

Sports Rehabilitation New Fairfield CT Athletic Performance
Have you ever witnessed a professional or Olympic athlete that seems to be superhuman?  Did you sit and watch mesmerized by their quick reflexes, amazing speed, and agility?

We all have.  While many simply believe it’s “enhancement drugs” others, who are sports athletes, investigate further to find out what measures they are taking to become the 1% of athletes on the planet.  We long to discover and duplicate the secret recipe of the top team behind them who can help rehabilitate an injured area and build a better stronger body while increasing performance naturally.

First the Research for Improving Performance

A research project published in the September 2005 edition of The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics showed that spinal dysfunction affects reaction times and performance. Simply it was able to prove that spinal dysfunction is related to slower and/or less accurate reaction times and cognitive function.

The double-blind, randomized, study was performed on thirty volunteers who had evidence of what the researchers called “cervical spinal joint dysfunction”.  Researchers at the New Zealand Chiropractic College examined the volunteers to determine areas of spinal dysfunction.  To begin with, it was noted in each subject how many areas of spinal dysfunctions were found.  Later this information was compared to the results of the reaction times of the test results.

The study consisted of a range of computer-based tasks performed by the volunteers in order to determine various reaction times.  The reaction times of the volunteers were then compared to their number of areas of spinal dysfunctions to see if there was any relationship.

The results showed that there was a connection between the number of areas of spinal dysfunction and certain types of reaction times.  Researchers also noted that the types of reaction times affected by multiple areas of spinal dysfunction were therefore related to impaired cortical processing and significantly less accurate response selection. In fact, they found that the more areas of spinal dysfunction, the more it affected reaction times.

A follow on study by the researchers concluded that certain types of reactions times could be improved with spinal adjustments in regions of spinal dysfunctions.  The ramifications of this study not only affect general health, but offer the basis of training and rehabilitation benefits for top athletes.

Other Top Notch Performance Sports Medicine Team Recommendations:

In addition to adding chiropractic and spinal rehabilitative care, top healthcare experts recommend following the tips below to ensure you are well-prepared to play full-out in any sport:

Proper Nutrition

  • Eat a well-balanced diet and avoid skipping meals.
  • Follow dietary rules that are imposed on participants of certain sports, without which optimum performance is unlikely.
  • Maintain a healthy weight while in training.  Be aware of calorie intake to burn ratio.

Proper Hydration

  • Hydration is vital to optimal fitness.
  • Drink at least 8 eight-ounce glasses of water a day.
  • Ask for advice when considering using a good quality sports drink for a source of replenishment.

Stretching and Warm ups

  • Before every event – competition or practice – Warm Up!
  • Jogging, jumping rope, lifting light weights are all good ways to avoid torn or ripped muscles.

Nutritional Boost

  • Multi-vitamins may help avoid a deficiency.
  • B-complex vitamins and amino acids can help reduce pain after contact sports.
  • Thiamine helps promote healing.
  • Vitamin A is good for scar tissue.

Proper Rest

  • Get eight hours of sleep a night to avoid adversely affecting performance.
  • Fatigue can appear as irritability and a loss of interest in the sport.

 Join Our Team!

As many of the top athletes know, being the top 1% includes having regular chiropractic care.  Having their body in optimal health and alignment allows them to achieve optimal results.

Our expert team and practice has been designed with that premise in mind.  To play like a pro you must train, heal, and recover like a pro for maximized potential and ultimate success.

Helping Athletes Achieve Top Marks

Sport Injury Treatment New Fairfield CT

As the national anthem ends, your heart pounds, the sound of the fans rings in your ears with a blur as the energy that cannot be contained any longer takes hold and bursts forth as you prepare to take the field.

For generations our country has a great passion for sports.  With each generation,  kids are discovering new and greater heights in the sports they are choosing to love to play. It is so easy to indulge their passion that, in the fun of it all, the importance of proper conditioning and healthy nutrition may be overlooked by parents and kids alike. Unfortunately, without proper preparedness performance will not be as keen as it might be, and the chances of injury will be much higher.

In those more competitive sports such as football, athletics, and gymnastics, the training regimes imposed upon the kids can be something they are just not ready to handle unless their bodies are fully prepared.

Preparing For The Field

Warming up, stretching, strength-training, cooling down, are all necessary for kids involved in sports, but even when they choose to follow the routines, they may not have sufficient learning to follow them properly. Thus it is not necessarily the sport itself that can be injurious; it may be the preparations that cause the damage. Improper stretching or weight-lifting techniques can be fairly ruinous to a still-developing teenager.

There needs to be appropriate and professional instruction given to young athletes in both general warm-up procedures, and in sport-specific warm-up. A slow jog is not sufficient preparation for a sport which may test body parts to their limits.

Eating proper nutrition and keeping well-hydrated are also crucial to support the rigors asked of the young athlete’s body. If 8 to 10 eight-ounce glasses of water each day is recommended for a non-sporting person, the requirements for an athlete are obviously greater considering how they are taxing their systems and sweating it out. A nutritious breakfast is very important, and during match or competition days the athlete should aim to eat a healthy meal around 2 to 4 hours before their physical exertion, and within 1 to 2 hours afterwards to properly refuel the body.

It is one of the traits of youth that kids feel nothing can hurt them, but this obviously is not true. By following the tips below, you can ensure your child is well-prepared for whatever their chosen sport throws at them.

Equipment Essentials

  • This is obviously vital in certain contact sports, such as football and hockey, which can be dangerous.
  • Make sure equipment fits well.
  • Alert the trainer if equipment is damaged.

Proper Nutrition

  • Young athletes should eat a well-balanced diet and avoid skipping meals.
  • Candy bars, fast food and the like should be avoided.
  • Provide healthy foods at home, such as fruit and veg rather than cookies and potato chips.
  • Dietary rules are imposed on participants of certain sports, without which optimum performance is unlikely.
  • Be watchful of your child becoming too fanatical about this and ending up losing too much weight.

Hydration An Essential Key

  • Hydration is vital to optimal fitness.
  • Teenage athletes need at least 8 eight-ounce glasses of water a day.
  • Younger athletes need 5 to 8 eight-ounce glasses.
  • Look at a good quality sports drink for young athletes who need a sustained source of replenishment.

Stretching Is A Must

  • Before every event – competition or practice – the athlete should warm up. Talk to the coach if this is not happening.
  • Jogging, jumping rope, lifting light weights are all good ways to avoid torn or ripped muscles.

Nutritional Boost

  • Multi-vitamins may help a young athlete avoid a deficiency.
  • B-complex vitamins and amino acids can help reduce pain after contact sports.
  • Thiamine helps promote healing.
  • Vitamin A is good for scar tissue.

Proper Sleep

  • Young athletes should get eight hours of sleep a night to avoid adversely affecting performance.
  • Fatigue can appear as irritability and a loss of interest in the sport.

 

Chiropractic Care Can Help

Doctors of chiropractic are trained to provide treatment for the whole neuromusculoskeletal system, and are able to offer advice on appropriate training, nutrition and injury prevention.

Improving Performance in Athletics Naturally

New Fairfield Sports Injury

Our country for generations has a great passion for sports.  With each generation,  kids are discovering new and greater heights in the sports they are choosing to love to play. It is so easy to indulge their passion that, in the fun of it all, the importance of proper conditioning and healthy nutrition may be ...

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