Regular exercise is important for your health and fitness, but what if it actually does more harm than good. It can be almost impossible to exercise safely and comfortably if you suffer from chronic pain or restricted mobility caused by improperly healed injuries.
Chiropractic care can help make your workouts safer and easier by reducing chronic pain and improving your range of motion. It can be an excellent compliment to your fitness regimen.
Dr. Jason Wilson from the Wilson Health Wellness Clinic lists 5 reasons why you need a chiropractor to improve your fitness.
1. To Lessen Post-Workout Pain
Intense workouts often lead to soreness and fatigue in the following days for most people. While you might prefer to “feel the burn” when working out, soreness can prevent you from visiting the gym for some time. A chiropractor can alleviate muscle pain to help you get back to the gym faster. He/she can also use soft tissue techniques to help you recover faster from post-workout pain.
2. Improve Your Range of Motion
As you grow older, it is common to accumulate small aches and pains, but this does not have to be permanent. If the joints of your spine don’t move as they should, it can feel as though your spine is out of alignment and can lead to pain in all parts of the body. Unfortunately, this can limit your range of motion as well as your ability to train as hard as you wish. Fortunately, a chiropractor can help improve your range of motion and take your workouts to another level.
3. Reduce Your Risk of Injury
If the spine is out misaligned, the vertebrae can compress nearby muscles and nerves. The compression can even cause pain in some cases. In other cases, the compression can hinder balance and coordination, restrict mobility, and lead to muscle tightness.
A chiropractor is knowledgeable about the musculoskeletal system and can advise you on how to stretch and move to avoid injuring yourself. If your back moves optimally, it feels properly aligned and the body won’t have to compensate for weak areas, which means that your workouts will be much smoother.
4. Improve Your Overall Posture
Proper posture is the secret to an effective workout. This is particularly true when deadlifting or training with heavy weights. Joint restrictions in the back can make it feel as though there are misalignments. Unfortunately, this can lead to slouching, hunching, or tightness in your stance, which can increase your chances of hurting yourself or experiencing significant pain in the muscles.
Visiting a chiropractor regularly is one of the best ways to maintain or increase flexibility as well as improve the feeling of proper alignment to ensure that both sides of the body are trained evenly, which promotes mobility and proper posture.
5. Long-Term Muscle Function and Help You Reach Peak performance
You can play better and faster if you correct bi-mechanical faults. You can be more active when not in constant pain since the muscles can do their jobs more effectively. Less stress on the joints and muscles helps keep them strong and healthy well into your old age.
To benefit from chiropractic care, you don’t have to be a professional athlete. Whether you are training for a half marathon or your first 10K, enjoy the occasional game of golf or tennis over the weekend, or want to start a new exercise program, visiting a chiropractor will make a significant difference for your fitness level.
Final Thoughts
Chiropractors want to make your life more enjoyable, easier, with more mobility and less pain. Besides enjoying the everyday benefits associated with visiting the chiropractor regularly, athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike can enjoy in many other ways.
Besides the 5 reasons listed here, enjoying a fitness activity or routine is much easier if the body is properly adjusted. Unfortunately, chiropractic care is often overlooked as a tool to help take your fitness training to the next level.
If you want to learn more about how chiropractic care can help you achieve your fitness goals, you should get in touch with a reputable chiropractor in your area. It will be the best investment in yourself that you ever make.
Guest post from Travis Kelly