Signs You Should Visit a Chiropractor After a Sports Injury
While some minor sports injuries may go away on their own, others can cause worsening symptoms or dangerous complications if they are left untreated. Getting swift, professional treatment for sports injuries can accelerate healing, alleviate pain and discomfort, reduce your risk of complications, and help you get back in the game faster. At Lifetime Family Health Center, Dr. Jay Harrison has extensive experience evaluating, treating, and preventing sports injuries in Grapevine, TX. Here are just a few of the signs you should visit a chiropractor after a sports injury.
Increased Pain that Affects Your Quality of Life
If you have tried rest, ice, heat therapy, and over-the-counter pain medication and you still have pain related to your sports injury, it’s time to visit a professional. A minor injury will begin to feel better after a week or two of rest. If your pain is increasing and preventing you from working, sleeping, exercising, or enjoying your hobbies, Dr. Harrison can help you find relief.
Loss of Range of Motion or Mobility
An injury that causes joint pain or stiffness or that affects your range of motion or mobility may require specialized treatment. If you are finding it harder to stand, walk, complete daily tasks, or carry heavy objects without pain and discomfort, visit Dr. Harrison. You may have a serious underlying injury that requires professional care.
Pain Combined With Other Troubling Symptoms
Chronic or acute pain on its own is bad enough. When you have pain combined with any of these other symptoms, you should make an appointment with Dr. Harrison:
- Nerve pain, or a sharp burning or itching pain that radiates from one part of your body to another
- Trouble getting up from a sitting or lying position
- Pain even when you’re sitting or lying down
- Pain that worsens when you move, cough, laugh, or sneeze
- Numbness or tingling in your limbs, hands, or feet
- Muscle weakness or loss of muscle control
- Muscle spasms or cramps
- Headaches or migraines
- Vision changes
- Disorientation or confusion
- Memory or concentration problems
- Dizziness
- Loss of appetite
- Trouble sleeping
- Anxiety or mood swings
Avoid Complications With Immediate Sports Injury Treatment
Delaying treatment of a sports injury can result in chronic pain, mobility issues, stiffness, loss of range of motion, muscle and joint pain, and nerve damage. At Lifetime Family Health Center, Dr. Harrison and our team can help you explore all-natural, drug-free sports injury rehabilitation. We will assess the extent of your sports injury and design a personalized treatment plan that will get you back in the game as quickly as possible. To learn more about our chiropractic sports injury treatment in Grapevine, TX, call us now to schedule an appointment.
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