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SPORTS INJURIES
For
most of my career, I have treated sports
injuries. Many of the concepts in
this book have grown from the experience gained in treating these
conditions. Over the years, I have
developed treatment protocols that have benefited many athletes, some of whom
thought their careers were over. There
have been many “weekend warriors” who thought they were going to have to slow
down.
Prior to coming to
me some of these patients received poor treatment. They didn't know there is a
treatment.
I
have literally treated hundreds of patients for sports injuries who came to see
me for back or neck pain. They mention
an arm or leg injury in passing, just hoping I can do something. It's unfortunate that so many people don't
realize there is help for these injuries.
What
comprises a sports injury office?
SPORTS INJURY OFFICE
What
is a sports injury office? There is no
industry standard as to who can claim that their office is a sports injury
office. Simply put, a sports injury office treats the extremities. In other words, the arms (including the
shoulder) and the legs (including the hips).
Furthermore, they have experience in treating these injuries. Let me state it another way. Any good chiropractor can fix your neck or
back whether you hurt it on the athletic field or not. But many don't work on the extremities or
they don't specialize in treatment protocols for these extremity injuries.
In
our office we combine:
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Chiropractic manipulation
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Physical therapy
o
Heat,
o
Ice,
o
Muscle stimulation,
o
Stretching,
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Exercise,
o
and more
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Massage therapy
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Supports (including
taping)
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Braces
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And lifestyle
modifications
o
Individualized
advice,
o
Home exercise,
o
Ergonomic training
o
Etc.) . . .
.
. . to treat the types of injuries that occur with athletic activity. (Many of
these treatments are discussed throughout this book.)
HOW TREATING SPORTS INJURIES DIFFERS FROM OTHER
INJURIES
How
do sports injuries differ from other
injuries? There really isn't a
difference. A tendonitis is a tendonitis;
a strained muscle is a strained muscle.
The difference for treating sports injuries is one of emphasis and
experience.
Does the doctor
correctly diagnose (put the correct emphasis on) the condition, and does he or
she have the experience to know how to treat it.
If the doctor has a
good regimen for tendonitis, muscle spasm, etc., he will be good at treating
sports injuries. Many just don't treat
these areas or don't have good protocols.
As
I stated on this website's "About" page, it was frustration with poor
treatment and the fact that so many people do not know where to go for help
that led me to write this book.
Let
me give you a brief example of knee
injury. One of the most common
sports injuries we treat is knee pain.
Most knee injuries are not the full blown "buckling" of
the knee (that might require surgery), but a much simpler knee sprains/strain. These injuries are comprised of muscle
spasm, tendonitis, and swelling. (See the knee chapter for a much more thorough
explanation.) We restore normal
function to the knee by treating the muscles of the thigh (which attach
to the tendons of the knee) as well as treating the tendons of the
knee. Most people with knee pain
don't know that their thigh muscles are involved, but they are. In fact, thigh muscle spasms are usually the
primary problem. Knee tendonitis is a
secondary problem.
It is the
experienced doctor who knows to treat the thigh for knee pain. The experienced doctor
will have good protocols from treating the thigh muscle spasm and knee
tendonitis. Sports medicine doctors
should know the ‘ins and outs” of treating extremity injuries.
In the sports injury chapter I discuss common
diagnosis and the treatment needed to heal many sports injuries. Specific injuries include:
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Shin splints
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Hamstring strain
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Rotator cuff
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Shoulder tendinitis
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Tennis elbow
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Golfer's elbow
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Wrist tendonitis
Many other specific sports injures
are covered in other chapters of this book. The chapters on:
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Knee,
·
Ankle Sprain
·
Achilles
Tendinitis or Plantar Fasciitis
·
and Four Causes of Sciatic Pain . . .
.
. . all contain the information that is used to treat these specific sports
injuries. These injured areas simply received their own chapters. The
·
Tendonitis . . .
.
. . chapter has the main treatment for the tendonitis/muscle spasm complex
found in so many sports injuries.
If
you have extremity pain, whether or not the injury happened playing sports, you
should be able to find the information you need to address your pain contained
in the chapters of this book.
Click on the links below to learn more details.
- Chapter 1 - Chiropractic
- Chapter 2 - Arthritis
- Chapter 3 - Headaches
- Chapter 4 - Sciatic Pain
- Chapter 5 - Tendonitis & Bursitis
- Chapter 6 - Cold vs. Heat
- Chapter 7 - Knee Pain
- Chapter 8 - Plantar Fasciitis & Achilles Tendonitis
- Chapter 9 - Shoulder & Arm Pain
- Chapter 10 - Ankle Sprain
- Chapter 11 - Sports Injuries
- Chapter 12 - Exercise (to Rehabilitate Injuries)
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As a collegiate athlete I have had frequent hip and back
pains. After treatments and help from the ice vs. heat and sports injuries
section I have found the relief I had been longing for. I had mixed up what
needed heat and what needed ice, how to stretch out specific areas, and it
helped me understand why certain areas were in pain and the care
needed to fix it.
Corrie Beall, Woodland CA (University of
Redlands Volleyball)
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I am an ultra-endurance athlete that is
consistently abusing my lower body. After experiencing foot pain at the end
of an ultra-marathon, I went to Dr. Bruce to see why my foot was
hurting. He explained to me that I had Plantar Fasciitis and that with his step-by-step program
in his book he could have my foot feeling good again. After 2 weeks of the in-home treatment
illustrated in his book my foot felt so good I climbed Mt. Whitney
without any pain.
Kevin Manning,
Moreno Valley CA
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I
sprained my ankle recently and I injure myself playing soccer and other
sports occasionally. I have been
looking for a source which would help me to know what steps I should take
(like when to ice and when to heat) to treat my ankle and other
injuries. Dr Bruce's book has
taken the mystery out of treating my injuries. My ankle healed nicely and I will use his advice with future
injuries.
Luis Torres, Mentone,
CA
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As a ballet dancer I
often have everyday aches and pains which I would use ice and heat to treat.
Throughout my training I have received many bits of conflicting advice
about which aches to ice and which to heat. Dr. Bruce's book has
helped to clear up the confusion as well as provide me with a good source for
all my injuries that I can turn to in the future.
Kimberly Ballard
Ballet student,
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City
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