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Hollstrom & Associates Inc Cares for Largo Athletes of All Levels who have Back Pain

Largo athletes – young and older alike – detest being sidelined from their sports. Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows this! Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers personalized, effective Largo chiropractic treatment plans to get athletes suffering with back pain to their sports with more awareness of prevention and rehabilitation tips to avoid future back pain and keep doing what they love to do.

YOUTH ATHLETES, THEIR SPORTS, AND SPONDYLOLYSIS BACK PAIN

Back pain may affect 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 carefully for heightened 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 had spondylolysis. By sport, males’ top three sports with increased risk were baseball (54%), soccer (48%), and hockey (44%). Females’ top 3 sports were gymnastics (34%), marching band (31%), and softball (30%). Geography and level of athletic prowess may significantly influence the risk of spondylolysis in athletes. (2) This tells Hollstrom & Associates Inc that athletes of all ages and all sports deserve attention when suffering with Largo back pain.

MOTIONS INFLUENCING SPONDYLOLYSIS

Largo back pain sufferers often comment that their back pain came on after a certain seemingly non-hurtful move. That’s not uncommon! Past research reports often pointed to repetitive motion of the lumbar spine into extension, rotation or a combination of these as key risk factors for spondylolysis. Such motions were noted in practicing baseball batting/pitching, soccer shooting, and volleyball spiking. Running track and field does not demand such motions, and running athletes are diagnosed with spondylolysis pushing researchers to figure out why. They found that the spinopelvic angles in running athletes are like those of the above sports’ athletes, putting them at risk of mechanical stress on the pars interarticularis, too, leading to spondylolysis. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc helps Largo back pain sufferers, athletes and non-athletes alike.

GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION BENEFITS FOR ALL

A new paper noted 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 signifying enhanced cartilage metabolism compared to that of non-athletes while type II collagen synthesis was nearly equivalent. Glucosamine – a type II collagen – delivered a chondroprotective action on osteoarthritis by blocking type II collagen degradation. (4) Hollstrom & Associates Inc has more information on glucosamine and chondroitin supplementation benefits for your spine and joints whether you are an athlete or not!

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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 Largo 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. Hollstrom & Associates Inc makes great effort to get our Largo athletes off the sideline and back into the game as fast and healthy as possible.

Hollstrom & Associates Inc treats athletes of all levels and all ages who have back pain using spinal manipulation, nutrition and specific exercise.
 
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