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Football And Auto Injuries Can Be Very Much Alike By Dr. Jamie L. Higley
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Football is one of the roughest, toughest sports and it attracts thousands of youngsters each fall. Unfortunately, the thrills it generates for spectators are often accompanied by injuries to the participants. Frankly, I’m as a big a football fan as the next guy, but my interest in the game goes beyond competition when there is an injury at the game. An injury on the football field is very often the same type as that received in an auto crash. The body is struck or badly jarred, and the bones in the neck or back can be misplaced, or sometimes fractured. When an injury of this magnitude occurs in an arm or leg, the fractured bone is set and left to heal naturally and in its own time. Injuries which are not so easily detected are far more threatening are often found in a misplaced or damaged vertebra in the spinal column. If one or more of the bones in the spinal column is even slightly out of line, it can mean pressure on the nerves inside the spine and partial or complete paralysis of a vital organ such as the heart, the ears, or any of the body’s muscles. It can cause permanent spinal curvature later, which shows up with startling clearness in an X-ray of many patients. Too often symptoms such as headaches or digestive disturbances come later and without apparent cause as a result of unattended neck or back injury. If the nerves are pinched and the pressure is not relieved, trouble is sure to come. Football is part of an American tradition in education, and it is certainly here to stay. There is always a price for good things, and the price of football is the occasional injury to the players. Every athlete should be taken to a Chiropractic facility before a youth is allowed to return to the game. Chiropractic care can be very useful in the maintenance of the physical health and well being of our young athletes by making sure injuries do not become detrimental to the life of our youth in the future. Injuries left untreated in youth create problems later as adults. Prevent unnecessary pain in the future by treating sports injuries through Chiropractic.
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