SPORTS CHIROPRACTIC

Sports Chiropractors can be found working with all levels of athletes from the Olympic/professional-NBA, NFL, NBL, NHL to the weekend warrior.

Sports Chiropractic is a branch of Chiropractic specializing in the care of athletes. Sports Chiropractors have additional education including certifications in athletic training, strength and conditioning, and post graduate specialties in sports chiropractic.

Dr. Palmer has additional education in sports. She is a certified Athletic Trainer through the National Athletic Trainer's Association, certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) and Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician within the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians.

Athletes put physical demands on their body running, jumping, tackling and falling. This can cause the bones in the spine to misalign. Since muscles attach to bones, any misalignments within an athlete's body can interfere with their ability to compete. These interferences may present themselves as sprains, strains, chronic injuries such as shin splints and negatively effect performance. An athlete free of misalignments has the greatest ability to perform their best.

In the competitive sports world, these athletes realize that if spinal or extremity misalignments exist, their performance will be compromised. The goal for each patient is to get him/her in peak performance condition to produce a winning season.

Professional, amateur and weekend athletes seek out Sports Chiropractors for many reasons: