{"id":801,"date":"2021-05-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:31:11","slug":"can-an-adjustment-help-my-athletic-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/can-an-adjustment-help-my-athletic-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an Adjustment Help My Athletic Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Week-3a-Can-an-Adjustment-Help-My-Athletic-Performance-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803 blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Week-3a-Can-an-Adjustment-Help-My-Athletic-Performance-s.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Week-3a-Can-an-Adjustment-Help-My-Athletic-Performance-s-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bottom Line:<br><\/strong>You may have heard that chiropractic care can help improve your athletic performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that many athletes work with chiropractors to improve their performance. Chiropractors have a unique outlook on health and well-being that is often the perfect match for athletes and people looking to stay active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it Matters:<br><\/strong>To perform at your highest level, you need to optimize your body&#8217;s structure and function. Sports can be highly competitive, so even a slight edge can make the difference between success and failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes of all ages are looking for a natural advantage that can help improve their performance. Exciting new research has shown that the spinal adjustments provided by chiropractors can positively influence muscle strength, balance, and endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are three key takeaways from recent research\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"small wp-block-list\"><li>Pain can reduce your strength, balance, and endurance.<\/li><li>Spinal adjustments can improve joint and tissue motion, helping to reduce pain.<\/li><li>Increases in muscle strength have been observed following spinal adjustments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Steps:<br><\/strong>Being proactive by working with a chiropractor, whether you\u2019re in pain or not, is a smart idea for athletes of all ability levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assessing your movement patterns, making adjustments where necessary, and helping you develop an at-home exercise plan are a few of the ways chiropractors help athletes like you improve their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Science Source(s):<br><\/strong><a class=\"citation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/10.1089\/acm.2020.0107\">(1) Effects of Chiropractic Care on Strength, Balance, and Endurance in Active-Duty U.S. Military Personnel with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have heard that chiropractic care can help improve your athletic performance. Is it true? The truth is that many athletes work with chiropractors to improve their performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hallettsvillechiropractor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}