SPORTS AND EXTREMITY CHIROPRACTIC IN COLORADOSPRINGS
“I didn’t know how much I could improve until I started seeing a Chiropractor. Since I’ve been in chiropractic, I’ve improved by leaps and bounds both mentally and physically”
-Michael Jordon, #23
Sports Chiropractic
Sports play a big toll on our body and can place big stresses on our neuro-musculoskeletal system. While some stresses may be beneficial to help grow muscle tissue and strengthen ligaments that prevent injury, sports also subject you to injury. Sports Chiropractic is essential for fast recovery after injury, ensuring perfect biomechanics to avoid injury, and to enhance the performance of your neuro-musculoskeletal system for your sport.
Dr. Christopher Eddy has played many sports when he was in high school and continued to play in recreational leagues that included soccer, football, wrestling, skiing, jujitsu, and kok sool won (striking martial art). He enjoys going to the gym and is familiar with power lifting, functional training, and has his undergraduate in exercise science. He has seen many athletes in the Colorado Springs area such as power lifters, lacrosse, soccer, cross country runners, cross-fitters, golfers, and weekend warriors!
Dr. Jenna Bridgewater has played many performing arts sports such as cheerleading at a collegiate level, ice skating, and dance. She is familiar with the stress that these sports can have and also the lack of support in other areas of training that often happens with these sports.
There is a reason why every NFL team has a licensed Chiropractor on staff. Chiropractic care will give you the EDGE on your competition, and help you meet personal bests!
Extremity Chiropractic
Dr. Eddy and Dr. Bridgewater have specialized training when it comes to treating the upper and lower limbs of the body. They understand that for your spine to have healthy structure and, in turn, a healthy central nervous system, the limbs must be in proper alignment as well.
Your body is much like a house. It needs a steady foundation underneath the house for it to be a “healthy” house. Your feet, knees, and hips are the foundation of your spine. If one of these have misalignments, it is like having a fault in your foundation. Repetitive trauma from walking, running, or jumping on a “faulty” foundation can lead to misalignment in your low back, mid-back, or even in your neck. This is why Dr. Eddy and Dr. Bridgewater always start at the feet when treating you.
Your upper limbs are mostly supported by muscles that attach into your spine. A misalignment of your shoulder blade, upper arm, or lower arm can alter the biomechanics that will pull on the shoulder muscles and, in turn, on your spine. Dr. Jenna and Dr. Eddy use specific adjustments to restore the proper biomechanics of the shoulder blade, upper arm, forearm, and wrist. This relaxes the muscles in your shoulder blade and prevents them from pulling on your spine, making your spinal corrections last longer!
Dr. Eddy also has special training from the renowned Dr. Mitch Mally. This extra training makes Dr. Eddy an expert on lower and upper extremity adjusting.
These specific adjustments to the foot, ankle, leg, and thigh have had great results in treating conditions such as:
plantar fasciitis
tarsal tunnel syndrome
knee pain with and without meniscus or ligament injury
bunions
metatarsalgia
hip pain and calf pain
shin splints
Adjusting the wrist, forearm, upper arm, and shoulder blade has had great results in treating conditions such as:
carpal tunnel syndrome
cubital tunnel syndrome
elbow and wrist pain
tennis elbow
golfer’s elbow
thoracic outlet syndrome
rotator cuff injury recovery
paresthesia or numbness of the upper extremity.