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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Sep 22, 2016 | Zed
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Aug 23, 2016 | Health Articles
Fall sports season is here!
Whether you are a youth player, weekend warrior, or a professional athlete, you can be injured playing any sport. Injuries are caused by a variety of factors including accidents, poor conditioning or training practices, not wearing proper protective equipment or an inadequate warm-up. Some of the most frequent sports injuries include Achilles tendon injuries, sprains, strains and stress fractures and knee injuries.
Injured? What Next?
Sports injuries are usually pretty easy to diagnose because the athlete will normally have felt when something went awry. A physical examination should confirm this, but x-rays may also be ordered if the injury suspected could be more serious, like in the case of a fracture.
Most often the injuries are less severe and are to the soft tissue, as in the case of tendonitis, strains, and sprains. With these type of injuries, the treatment can be one or a combination of the following protocols.
Compression and Elevation
Typically forty-eight hours of rest with compression and elevation are the general prescription for a mild strain or sprain. Raising the injured joint or limb above the level of the heart along with light compression by a medical bandage or sleeve is helpful in reducing the inflammation and swelling.
Optimally a balance of activity and restoration of normal function are encouraged earlier to avoid harm from inactivity while avoiding a re-injury due to over enthusiastic comeback before the injury has healed properly.
3 Cheers For Ice
Ice is nature’s best anti-inflammatory. It can help to reduce the inflammation and increase the speed of the healing process. The best guideline is to ice for 20 minutes every hour, Placing the ice, which is wrapped in a thin towel to protect the skin, on the affected area and then letting the area return to normal will have the most benefit.
Pain Relief
According to recent research, the use of certain nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be limited as they may, in fact, retard the body’s natural healing process, causing a longer recuperation than necessary. If you use anti-inflammatory medication use sparingly and restrict activities as the medication will allow your body to feel you are no longer in pain and no longer injured.
Chiropractic and So Much More
Chiropractic treatments can help with certain types of injury, lowering pain levels and speeding recovery. Chiropractors are trained musculoskeletal experts and work with their teams to provide the best sports rehabilitation program.
We’re On Your Team!
Our expert team is trained and licensed medical professionals who work with physicians and other healthcare providers to evaluate and manage musculoskeletal injuries. A huge bonus is that our team will not only rehabilitate your injuries back to active health status but work to revitalize the areas to a better condition than which you arrived.
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Aug 4, 2016 | Zed
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jul 5, 2016 | Health Articles
Four and Match Point!
At this time of year, we should be in full swing of enjoyment and fully basking in the benefits of the warm summer sun and outdoor activities it allows. Unfortunately, many of us are sitting on the sidelines or taking medication to play through the pain. One main culprit is shoulder pain which is often described as a “frozen shoulder”.
If you or a loved one are sitting on the bench missing the fun due to this condition – read on!
Defining A “Frozen Shoulder.”
A Frozen Shoulder, or Adhesive capsulitis, is a condition in which the shoulder cannot be moved due to pain and inflammation, scarring or thickening that occurs within in the joint capsule of the shoulder. The limited range of motion not only occurs when the individual tries to move the shoulder but even when shoulder movement is forced. This condition may arise without a known cause other than lack of use of the shoulder joint.
Common Causes Of A Frozen Shoulder
Some commonly noted causes that can lead to the condition of a frozen shoulder include diabetes, shoulder trauma or injury, shoulder surgery, tendonitis, bursitis, cervical disc disease, chronic inflammatory arthritis, hyperthyroidism or any surgery that took place in the chest or breast region.
Symptoms Of A Frozen Shoulder
The primary symptoms of a frozen shoulder are a pain, stiffness, and limited shoulder mobility. In most cases, the condition begins with a pain that prevents you from using your shoulder and moving your arm in a normal fashion.
The main difference between a frozen shoulder and other conditions that may cause pain, stiffness, and limited mobility is that with a frozen shoulder, the doctor cannot make the shoulder joint move even by manually moving it.
How Can A Frozen Shoulder Be Diagnosed?
The first step in diagnosing a frozen shoulder will include taking a complete medical history and a full set of physical examinations.
The questions asked will relate to when your symptoms began, what activities caused the symptoms, and how limited the movement of the shoulder is.
Next, the shoulder will be examined, and a range of motion tests will be performed. The doctor will try to move the shoulder joint manually, and if that cannot be done, a diagnosis of a frozen shoulder will be made.
X-rays or an MRI may be ordered to determine if there is any obvious cause of the immobility, but in most cases of a frozen shoulder, there are no specific findings, although shrinkage of the shoulder capsule or scar tissue may be apparent.
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jun 28, 2016 | Health Articles
Today our children begin training and playing year round sports from a very early age. The results have been extraordinary in the Wins and Losses column.
The Win column contains the amazing achievements in speed, coordination, and overall results. Unfortunately, the Losses have included an increase in injuries. To convert those losses our spinal specialist teams ...
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