Did you know? Young Athletes Injury Update

It is estimated that 30 million children now participate in organized sports including soccer, football, swimming, gymnastics, hockey, skating and baseball. Correspondingly, as participation increases, injuries increase. Sports injuries to young people now exceed the occurrence of infectious disease.

More than 700,000 children under the age of 15 are taken to the hospital emergency room for treatment of sports-related injuries. In fact, children between the ages 11-15 account for 55% of all sports-related injuries that require hospitalization.
Sports and recreational activities account for 4.3 million or 36% of all injuries to children in the United States.
Chiropractic adjustments for children of all ages are of tremendous benefit for the treatment and prevention of injuries and to maximize performance potential.
Chiropractic’s focus on the spine and nervous system is also important for children, since it is their nervous system, which controls their entire growth and development.

CHIROPRACTIC FACTS

• Chiropractic is the fastest-growing and second-largest primary health care profession.
• Doctors of Chiropractic receive extensive, demanding professional education on par with medical doctors (MDs) and osteopaths (DOs).
• Doctors of Chiropractic are primary health care providers.
• Doctors of Chiropractic are licensed in all 50 states.
• Chiropractic is recognized by governmental health care programs.
• The Doctor of Chiropractic is an effective source of preventative and wellness care.
• The process of chiropractic adjustment is a safe, efficient procedure which is performed nearly one million times every working day in the United States.