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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 | Jul 30, 2015 | Health Articles
The joints of our knees and the leg pains associated can be confusing or frightening sometimes when we hear the medical diagnosis. The actual diagnosis terms can sometimes be more scary than the actual condition. But do not fear! Below are two common conditions explained simply so that you can begin focusing on the solution...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Mar 3, 2015 | Health Articles
Step. Jump. Leap. Balance and turn. Although these sound like dance steps, they are just some of the simple activities that our feet perform every day. Most of us are completely oblivious to the dependence that we have on our feet and until we are alerted by pain in the foot or heel. This discomfort can be caused by many different reasons. One particular type of pain which is identified as an inflammation in the ligament of the plantar fascia is found to be the most debilitating due to the fact that the ligament is used every time you take a step.
What is Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar Fasciitis is a condition that occurs when there is chronic inflammation to a large band of tissue on the bottom of your foot called the plantar fascia. The Plantar Fascia is the ligament that connects the ball of your foot to your heel and can sometimes be overstretched which leads to severe pain in the heel. The cause of this condition is not fully understood, but it is more commonly found in females and overweight people. Frequently on x-rays, a heel spur is see but is not commonly the source of the pain. When both feet are involved, this is sometimes associated with a certain type of arthritis, which can be evaluated with a simple exam and tests by your doctor.
Other Risk Factors:
Factors that will put strain on the plantar fascia are standing for long periods of time and being overweight with bad posture and or incorrect shoes. Those people with flat feet, have rolling in on the feet or high arches are also at a greater risk of developing plantar fasciitis. All of these factors contribute to a weakening of the foot and therefore strengthening and attention to the foot mechanics is essential.
Great Strengthening Tips for the Plantar Fascia:
- Sitting on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you, loop a towel or belt around the ball of your foot and pull back slowly until you feel a good pull in your calf muscle. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat 3 times. Repeat with the other leg.
- Stand facing a wall at about arm’s length and lunge forward with one leg while keeping the other behind you with the heel flat on the floor. You should feel the stretch in the calf muscle. Hold for 30 seconds and then switch to the other leg. Repeat the sequence a few times a day.
- To stretch the plantar fascia, use a wall or stair to press the bottom your toes against so that they extend upward, while the ball of your foot remains touching the floor. Hold for 45-60 seconds on each foot and repeat twice. Sports doctors recommend this be done twice a day.
- Massaging the plantar fascia by rolling your foot slowly back and forth over a rolling pin or drink can for a few minutes each day can also help to relieve and inflammation that is affecting the plantar fascia.
If you are suffering with Plantar Fasciitis avoid any exercises that require a repetitive motion and force with a hard surface on the foot, such as running or jogging until it has been corrected.
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