Sports Injury FAQs

If you are suffering from a sports injury, you know it can be debilitating. These injuries often prevent you from doing the activity you love. At Active Wellness Chiropractic Center, serving Oakland and Berkley, CA, we provide natural treatment options for sports injuries. Our chiropractor, Richard W. Burg DC, will help your body heal and recover.

What Is a Sports Injury?

Sports injuries are injuries that occur while engaging in sports activities. They can arise due to overstraining, impact, and failure to wear appropriate sports gear. When you fail to warm up, it may aggravate the risk of sports injuries. Sports injuries range from mild to severe. They cause pain, discomfort, and limit your mobility.

What Are Some Common Sports Injuries?

Sports injuries are not only limited to professional athletes, but also recreational participants. Engaging in high impact and contact games, such as tennis, soccer, rugby, and running, can trigger injuries even to an amateur athlete. These injuries include:

  • Neck pains triggered by harsh impacts
  • Shin splints
  • Back pain propagated by subluxations, fractures, and ruptured discs
  • Tennis elbow
  • Concussions causing headaches and migraines
  • Runner's knee
  • Heel spurs (plantar fasciitis)
  • Hamstring strains
  • Achilles tendon injuries

How Can Chiropractic Care Help Sports Injuries?

Our chiropractor helps athletes by offering relief to their painful muscles and joints and helping them heal faster after a prevailing sports injury. Ultimately, chiropractic sports injury treatment promotes quicker healing, provides better muscle tenacity, and boosts overall performance.

To begin your sports injury treatment, our chiropractor will look at your medical history and conduct a physical exam. After a diagnosis, we will create a personalized treatment plan. Some methods our chiropractor uses include:

  • Spinal adjustment or decompression: Our chiropractor will realign your spine or stretch your spine to alleviate tension and pressure in the back and neck.
  • Active release technique or Graston technique: These methods manipulate soft tissues to break up adhesions or scar tissues.
  • Corrective exercises: Stretching and strengthening exercises improve your range of motion and speed up your recovery process.

Why Choose Chiropractic Care?

Our chiropractor uses drug-free and non-invasive methods. This allows you to avoid risky surgeries and pain medications, which often come with side effects and can become addicting. Chiropractic care also provides a more long-term solution for sports injuries.

Schedule an Appointment for Sports Injury Treatment

If you are suffering from a sports injury, we can help. Don’t wait to seek treatment, as your condition could worsen. At Active Wellness Chiropractic Center, serving Berkeley and Oakland, CA, we will help you heal and recover. Dr. Burg provides a variety of treatment methods to meet each patient’s needs. Call us today to schedule an appointment.

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Friday

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Saturday

Open once a month 10:00am-4:00pm

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Monday
9:30 am - 1:00 pm 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am - 1:00 pm 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
9:30 am - 1:00 pm 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday
9:30 am - 1:00 pm 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday
Open once a month 10:00am-4:00pm
Sunday
Closed