Pflugerville athletes – young and older alike – dislike being sidelined from their sports. Pflugerville Wellness Center
knows this! Pflugerville Wellness Center offers personalized,
useful Pflugerville chiropractic treatment plans to get
athletes suffering with back pain to their activities
with more knowledge of prevention and rehabilitation tips
to escape future back pain and keep doing what they love to do.
YOUTH ATHLETES, THEIR SPORTS, AND SPONDYLOLYSIS BACK PAIN
Back pain may grip young athletes in a range
of sports. Researchers propose that the young person or
adolescent with low back pain and back muscle spasm should be
followed closely for increased 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 was affected by 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 influence the risk of
spondylolysis in athletes. (2) This tells Pflugerville Wellness Center
that athletes of all ages and all sports warrant attention when suffering
with Pflugerville back pain.
MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS
Pflugerville back pain sufferers often
comment that their back pain came on following a particular
really benign move. That’s not uncommon! Past
research reports often indicated that
repetitive motion of the lumbar spine into extension, rotation or a combination
of these to be important 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 does not demand such motions, and running athletes
are diagnosed with spondylolysis pushing
researchers to determine why. They discovered that
the spinopelvic angles of athletes who run are like
those of the above sports’ athletes, putting them at risk of mechanical stress
on the pars interarticularis, too, leading to spondylolysis. (3) Pflugerville Wellness Center
helps Pflugerville back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes alike.
GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL
A new paper explained
that endurance athletes has intense joint-loading leading
to cartilage metabolism and type II collagen degradation. The type II
collagen degradation in soccer and rugby players was elevated indicating
enhanced cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes
while type II collagen synthesis was almost equivalent.
Glucosamine – a type II collagen – provided a chondroprotective
action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen
degradation. (4) Pflugerville Wellness Center has more detail on
glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints
whether you are an athlete or not!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness 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 Pflugerville chiropractic visit
for yourself and/or your favorite athlete. Chiropractic care may include
preventative care with spinal manipulation, supplementation and specific
exercise as well as rehabilitative care. Pflugerville Wellness Center
makes great effort to get our Pflugerville athletes off
the sideline and back into the game as quickly and healthy
as possible.