Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre Cares for Toronto Athletes of All Levels who have Back Pain
Toronto athletes – young and older alike – hate to be sidelined from their sports. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows this! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre offers individualized, effective Toronto chiropractic treatment plans to return athletes suffering with back pain to their sports with more awareness of prevention and rehabilitation tips to avoid future back pain and keep doing what they love to do.
YOUTH ATHLETES, THEIR SPORTS, AND SPONDYLOLYSIS BACK PAIN
Back pain may grip young athletes in a variety of sports. Researchers propose that the young person or adolescent with low back pain and back muscle spasm needs to be followed closely for increased 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 was affected by spondylolysis. By sport, males’ top 3 sports with increased 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 ability may significantly impact the risk of spondylolysis in athletes. (2) This tells Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre that athletes of all ages and all sports deserve attention when experiencing Toronto back pain.
MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS
Toronto back pain sufferers frequently comment that their back pain came on following a certain seemingly non-hurtful 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 important 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, yet running athletes are seen with spondylolysis pushing researchers to determine why. They found that the spinopelvic angles in 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) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre helps Toronto back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes alike.
GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL
A current article noted that endurance athletes experienced intense joint-loading leading to cartilage metabolism and type II collagen degradation. In soccer and rugby players, the type II collagen degradation was increased indicating enhanced cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes while type II collagen synthesis was nearly equivalent. Glucosamine – a type II collagen – delivered a chondroprotective action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen degradation. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre has more information on glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints whether you are an athlete or not!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
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 Toronto chiropractic appointment for yourself and/or your favorite athlete. Chiropractic care may incorporate preventative care with spinal manipulation, supplementation and specific exercise as well as rehabilitative care. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre makes great effort to get our Toronto athletes off the sideline and back into the game as quickly and healthy as possible.
