Soccer and Chiropractic
Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world, being played in more than 200 countries. Approximately 250 million people of all ages participate in soccer on a regular basis. For many of these athletes, Chiropractic plays an important role in their training to achieve peak performance levels. Doctors of Chiropractic focus on the entire structure of the body rather than just the obviously injured part. For this reason, they can often detect and help to prevent an injury that might normally be overlooked or ignored.
Soccer players who regularly “head” soccer balls, speed up degenerative arthritis in their neck by as much as twenty years.
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
A. Kartal, İ. Yıldıran, A. Şenköylü Soccer causes degenerative
changes in the cervical spine. Eur Spine J. 2004 Feb; 13(1): 76-82
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It is widely recognized that proprioceptive input from muscles, joints and other receptors is necessary for the accurate control of movement and posture. Loss of proprioception results in large systematic errors in multi-joint movements attributed, at least in part, to impaired motor programming.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Saiburg, R. Poinzer, H. Ghez, C.
Loss of Proprioception Produces Deficits in Interjoint
Coordination Vol. 70, No. 5, November 1993