Chiropractic Care and Increased Athletic Performance
How Chiropractic Care Can Boost Athletic Performance
Athletes are constantly looking for ways to improve performance, recover faster, and prevent injuries. Chiropractic care isn’t just about relieving back pain, it's about optimising how the body moves and functions.
Performance Benefits for Athletes
1. Improved Mobility & Range of Motion
Chiropractic adjustments help restore joint alignment, reduce tension, and enhance flexibility. This allows athletes to move more freely and efficiently, whether they’re running, lifting or swinging.
2. Enhanced Nervous System Function
The spine plays a key role in communication between the brain and body. When it’s properly aligned, athletes experience sharper coordination, faster reflexes and improved muscle control.
3. Injury Prevention
By correcting imbalances and dysfunctional movement patterns, chiropractic care can reduce the risk of common sports injuries like strains, sprains and overuse conditions.
4. Faster Recovery
Adjustments promote circulation, reduce inflammation and support tissue healing, helping athletes bounce back from intense training or competition quicker and with less soreness.
5. Natural Pain Relief
Chiropractic offers a drug-free solution for managing pain and discomfort, allowing athletes to stay active without relying on medications that may interfere with performance.
What the Research Says
A study in the Journal of Chiropractic Research found that chiropractic adjustments improved vertical jump height in female athletes, showing measurable performance benefits (Hedlund et al., 2014).
Another study revealed that chiropractic spinal manipulation therapies increased muscular strength and excitability in elite taekwondo athletes (Christiansen et al., 2018).
Professional sports teams including those in the AFL, NBA, and Olympics have long integrated chiropractic into their training programs for these very reasons.
If you're looking to boost your performance, prevent injuries and recover faster, chiropractic care might be your secret weapon. At The Chiro Collective, we help athletes of all levels move better, feel better and perform better.
Book your appointment today and take the first step toward unlocking your full potential.
References:
Hedlund, S., Nilsson, H., Lenz, M., & Sundberg, T. (2014). Effect of chiropractic manipulation on vertical jump height in young female athletes with talocrural joint dysfunction: a single-blind randomized clinical pilot trial. Journal of Manipulative and physiological therapeutics, 37(2), 116-123.
Christiansen, T. L., Niazi, I. K., Holt, K., Nedergaard, R. W., Duehr, J., Allen, K., ... & Haavik, H. (2018). The effects of a single session of spinal manipulation on strength and cortical drive in athletes. European journal of applied physiology, 118(4), 737-749.