Chiropractic helps injury rates in AFL professionals

New Chiropractic research on professional AFL Players-

This will change everything

Chiropractic can significantly reduce the risk of hamstring injuries and lower limb muscle strain in elite footballers.

The new research study involving two Australian Rules clubs has found results that will dramatically prevent AFL players being sidelined unnecessarily.

Just by adding Chiropractic to the normal treatment methods reduced time sidelined by hamstring injuries from 14 matches to just 4.

Players sidelined due to lower limb strain was reduced by a staggering 21 missed matches to just 4 missed.

Hamstring and lower limb muscle strains are the most common injuries in the AFL. Traditional injury management programs, generally involve a combination of physiotherapy, massage and strength and conditioning management. Surveys into these types of injuries over the last 15years has shown no rate of improvement with this traditional approach. This Chiropractic study could lead to some major improvements in these outcomes in the future.

This research showed that hamstring and lower limb muscle strain injuries can be dramatically reduced through the inclusion of a sports chiropractor.

Here are the highlights of the research findings:

• The study lasted an entire season and involved 59 players from two VFL clubs.
• The group which included chiropractic care had a 4% chance of a hamstring injury and a 4% chance of a lower limb muscle strain.
• The group which did not receive chiropractic had a 17% chance of hamstring injury and a 28% chance of a lower limb muscle strain. 
• The chiropractic group missed just four matches during the season through hamstring or lower limb muscle strains.

• The group not receiving chiropractic treatment missed 14 matches through hamstring injury and 21 matches through lower limb muscle strain.
• The group receiving chiropractic also had significant reductions in non-contact knee injuries, low back pain and improvements in physical components of health.

 Ref.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/11/64

http://www.superhealthy.com.au/chiropractic-can-reduce-afl-injuries