Would you like to improve your athletic performance and reduce your chances of injury? Then consider getting chiropractic adjustments. Many world class athletes use chiropractic before events to give them a competitive edge, including such boxing greats as Ken Norton and Ivander Holifield; and tennis players John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova and Evan Lendl. On the day that they won the 1990 Super Bowl, 75% of the San Francisco forty-niner's had chiropractic adjustments before the game. Not only do professional and amateur athletes swear by the benefits of chiropractic, there is also a growing body of information to substantiate the anecdotal material. In one study that measured balance, agility, power, speed and reaction time, the study group showed amazing improvements over a control group that did not receive chiropractic. After six weeks, the chiropractic group showed an improvement of 10.7% while the control group improved only 4.5%. After 12 weeks, the chiropractic group improved by 16.7%. The study concluded that each athlete in the chiropractic group "reacts faster, coordinates better, executes fine movements with improved accuracy and precision, amounting to an overall better athlete." In addition to improving performance, chiropractic helps people of all skill levels to recover from the 17 million sports related injuries that occur each year. Even the most gentle sports can inflict trauma to the spine, ligaments, joints and tendons. Also, a blow to other parts of the body such as the head, rib cage, neck, shoulders, arms and legs can misalign the spine. When the spine is misaligned, it can impair function in other parts of the body. As the chiropractor balances the spine, it relieves the stress to the spine and these other areas. This is just one of the reasons why it is so important to have regular chiropractic treatment, regardless of your level of athletic activity. Once the spine is in balance, it allows the body to heal itself and to operate at peak levels, which means better performance in any sport. Not all chiropractic techniques are created equal. Network Chiropractic is an extremely gentle technique, used to locate and correct interference's in the spine and nervous system. With no popping or twisting involved.
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