Sports Injury Care at Alliance Chiropractic and Wellness
A Chiropractor’s Approach to Sports Injury
At Alliance Chiropractic and Wellness, our chiropractic team can treat and manage injuries for athletes of all levels. Dr. Morphet has extensive experience with recreational and competitive athletes, providing comprehensive treatment plans that may include chiropractic care, laser therapy, electrical therapy, custom foot orthotics, and strength and conditioning exercises and recommendations. Our clinic also offers massage therapy, naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, and kinesiology services to support athletic performance, and manage and prevent injuries.
Why is Proper Sports Injury Care and Rehabilitation Important?
For athletes with sports injuries, treating symptoms is important but identifying, understanding, and treating the root causes of symptoms is critical. At our clinic, we specialize in sports injury, and will examine, diagnose, and treat the underlying causes of symptoms to accelerate an athlete’s healing, promote recovery, and prevent re-injury.
Sports injuries impact soft tissues, nerves, and joints. Individual athlete treatment plans are designed to:
- Accelerate healing
- Restore full strength, range of motion, and stability
- Identify and address potential re-injury risks
Who Can Benefit from Sports Injury Care?
Athletes of all ages and levels can benefit from sports injury chiropractic services. Whether you are a weekend warrior or elite-level athlete, Dr. Morphet can help you understand, treat, and prevent your sports-related injuries
Preventing Sports Injuries
As a sports injury chiropractor, Dr. Morphet focuses on function, assessing joint and muscle range of motion, body posture and alignment, joint stability, and proprioception. Identifying and addressing problems in these areas help improve athletic performance and help prevent injury.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help with Common Sports Injuries
As a sports injury specialist, Dr. Morphet has helped athletes of all ages and levels. Whether you are looking to treat or prevent a sports-related injury or improve athletic performance, the team at Alliance Chiropractic can help. Some commonly treated sports injuries include:
- Achilles tendonitis
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries
- Arthritis & joint pain
- Back pain
- Bursitis
- Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis)
- Jumper's knee (patellar tendinitis)
- Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) injuries
- Ligament sprains
- Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) injuries
- Neck pain
- Osgood-Schlatter's
- Patello-femoral syndrome
- Pinched nerve (radiculopathy)
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) injuries
- Runner's knee (iliotibial band syndrome (ITB))
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Runner's knee (iliotibial band syndrome (ITB))
- Shoulder rotator cuff injuries
- Tendonitis
- Tendon strains
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
FAQs: Common Questions about Sports Injury Care
Consult your sports injury chiropractor to determine the appropriate time to return to sports after an adjustment. Your chiropractor will take into account your specific injury, treatment, and overall physical condition.
Chiropractic services, including sports injury care, are not covered by OHIP. However, they may be covered under private or employer health insurance plans.
Coverage for chiropractic services varies depending on the insurance plan. It’s best to check with your specific insurance provider to determine the extent of coverage.
Chiropractic care and physiotherapy are both primary contact care providers, meaning a physician referral is not necessary. Both provide manual therapy to help patients improve their health and well being. However, there are differences in their philosophies, approaches, treatment methods, and education levels.
Chiropractors focus on the musculoskeletal system and the relationship between the spine and nervous system. They believe that imbalances or misalignments in the spine (subluxations), affect the nervous system and overall health. They use a variety of techniques such as manual adjustments and manipulations to restore proper alignment and function. Chiropractors must complete a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree. They are one of five professions in Canada authorized to diagnose conditions within their scope of practise, and use the title of ‘Doctor’. In addition to treating injuries, chiropractors emphasize prevention and offer maintenance care.
Physiotherapists focus on a wide variety of conditions impacting physical function and mobility, and use a combination of exercises, manual therapy techniques, education, and modalities to treat patients. They typically complete a two year Masters level program in physiotherapy as part of their training, and are not licensed to diagnose (therefore not able to use the title ‘Doctor’). They work in a broad variety of healthcare settings including private clinics and hospitals.
