Severna Park athletes – young and older alike – hate to be sidelined from their sports. Back And Neck Care Center
knows this! Back And Neck Care Center offers personalized,
effective Severna Park chiropractic treatment plans to return
athletes experiencing back pain to their activities
with more awareness of prevention and rehabilitation ideas
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 range
of sports. Researchers suggest that the young person or
adolescent with low back pain and back muscle spasm needs to be
followed closely for heightened risk of pars
interarticularis fracture associated with 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 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 just goes to show Back And Neck Care Center
that athletes of all ages and all sports deserve attention when suffering
with Severna Park back pain.
MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS
Severna Park back pain sufferers frequently
comment that their back pain came on after a particular
really non-hurtful move. That’s not uncommon! Past
research studies usually 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 doesn’t demand such motions, yet running athletes
are seen with spondylolysis pushing
researchers to figure out why. They discovered that
the spinopelvic angles in athletes who run are like
those of the above sports’ athletes, putting them in danger of mechanical stress
on the pars interarticularis, too, leading to spondylolysis. (3) Back And Neck Care Center
helps Severna Park back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes the
same.
GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL
A current paper noted
that endurance athletes has intense joint-loading leading
to cartilage metabolism and type II collagen degradation. In soccer and rugby players, the
type II collagen degradation was elevated suggesting
improved cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes
while type II collagen synthesis was almost the same.
Glucosamine – a type II collagen – provided a chondroprotective
action on osteoarthritis by preventing type II collagen
degradation. (4) Back And Neck Care Center has more detail on
glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints
whether you are an athlete or not!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
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 Severna Park chiropractic visit
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. Back And Neck Care Center
works hard to get our Severna Park athletes off
the sideline and back into the game as quickly and safely
as possible.