Sport Injuries
Focus on your Rehabilitation
Your first appointment will be no different from the usual osteopathic consultation and evaluation (see osteopathy page). You will be asked specific questions related to your particular sport or even to demonstrate some movements. Your diagnosis and treatment plan will be discussed in the usual way.
Sport & Exercise Medicine Services
- Overuse injuries and stress fractures
- Muscle tears, tendon and ligament sprains
- Knee, ankle and foot injuries
- Shoulder injuries, tennis/golfer elbow, hand, wrist pain
As an athlete, you know that your game reflects the condition of your body.
Dr. Palmer examines more than your neck and back. She also checks and adjusts shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles—during every single visit. These areas are often ignored, but very important to your overall performance.
Everything is connected, so a weakness in one area will affect your whole body. A body in total alignment works the proper muscles and doesn’t compensate with muscles not meant to do the job. This is one way you can avoid injury.
Professional athletes watch hours of video, tweaking the finer points of their game. They know these details make the difference in achieving peak performance. They know a body in alignment gives them more strength, a wider range of motion, enhanced endurance, precision, agility, and power.
Dr. Palmer’s chiropractic has definitely helped me become a better athlete on and off the field. It keeps me loose. I feel when I do not go to her that I don’t have as much power in my swing or the ability to lift a lot of weight when bench-pressing or any other exercise. When I first went there and heard about chiropractics I thought it was kind of a joke. But then I realized, as goofy as some of this stuff may sound, about being out of alignment, you really can be, and as an athlete, it does make a big difference . . . your strengths and abilities come out more. I want to thank her and her staff for giving me my best abilities of being a baseball player.
What Dr. Palmer has done not only for the teams that I coach but also for me as a player has been terrific. She’s just been a real joy to work with. Everything from injury prevention to rehabilitation after injuries, she has really taken good care of us and we appreciate all that she and her staff do for us.
An athlete herself, Dr. Palmer understands your issues and concerns. She can help you manage even chronic injuries and relieve pain.
It helps me re-load my guns, baby.
Dr. Palmer plays soccer, too, so I can really relate to her; she knows what I’m going through. I came in with an old injury and ever since her adjustments I feel better on the field and more confident. I had a knee injury and she helped a lot . . . she taught me ways to take stress off the knee. I didn’t know how out of alignment you got by getting knocked down on the field. Ever since getting adjusted I’ve felt a lot better.