Exercise Pain & Prevention

Making exercise a part of your healthy lifestyle is essential to overall wellness. It’s also easy to overdo it. Whether you’re new to fitness, or you work as a professional athlete, accidents happen. Exercise pain does more than derail workout plans — injuries also prevent you from living an enjoyable, active lifestyle.

How People Sustain Injuries During Exercise

The most common sports injuries include sprains, strains, dislocations and fractures. These injuries can sideline you for weeks or months as you wait to heal. You can avoid these problems by:

• Starting slowly if you’re new to fitness — Have you made a resolution to get in shape? Congratulations! Avoid overtraining, muscle tears and repetitive stress injuries by giving your body time to adjust to more activity. Start with two to three alternating days per week, gradually increasing time and intensity.
• Warming up properly — Spend a minimum of five to 10 minutes warming up before every workout. Warm muscles are less likely to tear. Dynamic stretching, brisk walking and slow jogging are effective. Pay attention to your shoulder, ankle, hip, wrist and knee joints, too — especially during resistance training.
• Stretching before and afterward — Stretching relaxes tight muscles and stiff joints, and it can relieve post-workout pain. Avoid bouncing and focus on breathing into a deep stretch. With consistent practice, you will improve your flexibility.
• Using the proper safety equipment or asking for help — Ask a trained professional how to use workout equipment, including free weights. Using the proper form prevents injury and yields better results.
• Using the proper safety equipment or asking for help — Ask a trained professional how to use workout equipment, including free weights. Using the proper form prevents injury and yields better results.

How a Chiropractor Can Help

Chiropractic is a safe, non-invasive and drug-free treatment for a diverse variety of health complaints. These include pain in the back, neck, joints, arms and legs, among other problems.

Many patients feel immediate relief after a chiropractic treatment, although others sense soreness or stiffness after adjustment. This typically fades within a day. The goal of chiropractic treatment is to restore pain-free mobility. Whether your pain is the result of a single trauma or repetitive stress, a chiropractic adjustment — and at-home exercises and other changes Dr. Crist may recommend — can help.

Crist Chiropractic & Wellness: The Leading Chiropractor for Sports Injury in Cool Springs, TN

If you feel pain as a result of a sports-related injury, Dr. Jason Crist of Crist Chiropractic can help. As the leading chiropractor for sports injury in the Cool Springs, TN region, Dr. Crist provides individualized testing, diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of neuromusculoskeletal issues. If chiropractic care is not suitable for your health issue, Dr. Crist will refer you to a sports injury specialist in the Franklin, TN region who can help relieve your pain and improve your mobility.

During your appointment, Dr. Crist will recommend at-home chiropractic exercises that can relieve discomfort between appointments. He can also make recommendations regarding diet, sleep posture and other factors that can influence long-term wellness. Dr. Crist targets the root issue that causes discomfort rather than treating the symptoms that mask the real problem.

Contact Crist Chiropractic to schedule a consultation.