By: Victoria Point Chiropractic
Do you participate in competitive sport or are you simply wanting to enhance movement and function during regular walks or everyday activity. Chiropractic can help prevent and manage injuries, along with increase range of motion, flexibility, balance and stimulate your nervous system to activate your muscles to get the most out of your activity.
One way to visualise our nervous system is as a garden hose, free flowing without interruption. However, if there is a kink in the hose the flow is interrupted and the garden at the end does not get enough water to flourish. Similarly, if nerve supply to our muscles is interrupted, our bodies do not function optimally. As the nervous system is responsible for movement, regardless of age, increasing nerve supply to your muscles will strengthen them as they will receive more input from the brain.
Stiffness can reduce your flexibility and affect your movement, potentially even stopping you from participating in activity. Maintaining and increasing range of motion will have you walking to potential whether that be metres or kilometres. You may also benefit from reduced inflammation and improved circulation making it easier to avoid injuries during physical activity.
At Victoria Point Chiropractic a multidisciplinary approach through chiropractic, massage therapy, dry needling and shockwave therapy is available to improve function and have your body flourishing. Chiropractic and massage therapy can decrease pain, joint and muscle stiffness. Dry needling is used to treat trigger points for pain relief. Shockwave therapy reduces pain and stimulates the body’s natural healing process.
Whatever your goals, a decrease in joint, muscle stiffness and pain will allow you to move more freely and decrease risk of injury. Your confidence will improve and in time you will find you are walking further and faster or scoring more goals in your sport.
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