What Should Parents Be Most Concerned About Regarding Youth Football?
It’s football season and we love it! Such a great game, such an exciting time of the year. The issue that should be most concerning to parents, is that football injuries are pretty common.
Football injuries are common. Some are painful, some are not. Both can cause real problems later in life if left untreated. Dr. Lou Jacobs, Maine Chiropractor, can be reached at (207) SPINAL 1
While football injuries are not as abundant as they are in other sports, the types of injuries can be far more dangerous. Traumatic brain injuries like concussions and spinal compression and torsion injuries can lead to permanent disability or an increased risk of disability if left uncorrected or un-treated. Fractures need immediate orthopedic emergency intervention, but for all other lower grade injuries related to the nerves and joints of the spine, chiropractic is designed to help!
Chiropractic focuses on the structural integrity of the musculoskeletal system (muscles, bones and joints) and how abnormalities in structure within that system impacts the nerves and nerve compression. Nerve compression compromises healing, function and regulation of all body processes and can spell real trouble for youth football players later in life.
Evaluations of football players is simple, comprehensive and painless. The information about their spine, nervous system and musculoskeletal system in general is information that can be considered for seasons of sports to come. Whether pain is present or not, simple things like a low shoulder or a head tilt can spell trouble in the future if left un addressed.
Function and regulation of all body processes and can spell real trouble for youth football players later in life. Evaluations of football players is simple, comprehensive and painless. The information about their spine, nervous system and musculoskeletal system in general is information that can be considered for seasons of sports to come. Whether pain is present or not, simple things like a low shoulder or a head tilt can spell trouble in the future if left un addressed. GOOD NEWS! Once identified and corrected, the injuries should have very little to no chance of being as bad as they would have otherwise been later in life.
Things to look for:
- Abnormal head tilt to the sides, front or back.
- One shoulder that is lower than the other.
- Uneven shoe wear in shoes that are worn often. Like a heel that’s more worn out on the left.
- Headaches.
- Any type of pain.
- Difficulty getting up and down out of seats, chairs, cars.
- Difficulty sleeping or focusing on daily tasks.
- Limping while walking or running.
- Leaning to one side more than the other.
- Complaints from your child of feeling off.
What do you do if your child plays football and you identify one or more of these things to look for? Find a chiropractor as a first stop for identifying your child’s problems. If they cannot help you, they will refer your child elsewhere. If they can help, though, it will be done without the risk of drugs or surgery. Chiropractic care will not only help resolve the underlying bone, muscle and nerve problems, but will also set their body up for more optimized function, performance and less risk of injury.