To ensure that they can play at their peak without hurting themselves and to assist them if they do experience injuries, they rely on highly skilled trainers and health care professionals, whose numbers include specially educated and certificated Chiropractors.

Many pros, top amateurs and famous champions in professional, intercollegiate and Olympic sports loyally turn to their Chiropractors for assessment, adjustment, guidance and treatment to get a performance edge by enhancing their strength, flexibility, nutrition and endurance.

What are some of the typical health concerns of people who engage in sports and are interested in maintaining fitness ?

Now the not-so-good news. There are problems and risks associated with engaging in sports and physical fitness activities.

Backs, necks, shoulders, knees, ankles, wrists, fingers and toes-in fact, most bones, joints and connective tissues-are subject to misuse and injury when people play hard. Seniors, individuals long out of shape or with disabilities, children who haven't yet learned how to protect themselves during physical exertion, and adolescents whose bodies are changing rapidly are among those at even greater risk than men and women in fairly good shape.