Chiropractic Treatment Mediates Injury and Improves Athletic Performance

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to report on:

The history of chiropractic, those who founded the practice, and early ideologies that separated it from mainstream medicine at the time. The role of chiropractic in professional sports including the athletes and teams who have used it to their benefit. Various treatment techniques utilized by chiropractors, i.e. how the chiropractor diagnoses a pivotal dysfunction which if found and treated will help alleviate pain The Janda approach and its ability to mediate injury and enhance performance through training.