Sports Injury

Many sports-related injuries result in damage to soft tissues like muscles, ligaments, and cartilage. If you've been injured in this fashion, you only have three choices:
  • Ignore the pain and the underlying damage
  • Cover up the pain and risk increasing the underlying damage
  • Heal the damage that's causing the pain
  
Is pain a Motrin™ deficiency?

Painkillers such as Tylenol™, Advil™, Motrin™, Vioxx™, Celebrex™, and Aspirin are in a class of drugs known as Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID).

These drugs do block pain, but they also block repair.

Continual use of these medications to "cure" pain does not work, because "pain" is not the cause of the problem.
Pain is the symptom, not the cause

You only get one shot at life, and if the "No Pain - No Gain" philosophy fits you, then expect a lot of pain.

To some pain is a macho thing, but to the rest of us, it is our body's way of saying stop.

We emphasize reducing pain gently and effectively prior to beginning active exercise. This approach minimized further damage to already inflamed tissues. 		 
Studies have proven that Chiropractic plus physical therapy is the best approach for joint and soft-tissue injury.

The approach is a simple one, but it is not a quick fix. Rest is the most important ingredient. There are roughly three phases to recovery:

  • Eliminate the pain initially reducing imflammation
  • Stretch to recover flexibility
  • Strengthen to tone the muscles
Thus restoring joint range of motion.

We treat athletes "Ages 9-99", amateurs and professional athletes alike - helping with recovery and stabilization to enhance performance.

If you want to return to your active lifestyle as quickly as possible, and you don't want to regret the consequences, it's time to see Dr. Livingston.