Back Pain in Professional Sports - A Chiropractors Opinion

Nick is a Sport Chiropractor who has worked in the premiership for the last 3 years alongside a multidisciplinary team of physios, doctors and coaches. We discuss how common injuries including back pain is in top-level athletes and how its managed in the elite sporting environment. As well as the challenges healthcare professionals face in dealing with the best of the best. KEY TAKEAWAYS 49% of the population has suffered from back pain and individuals often identify sport as the cause. This can be because they don’t do anything, then do something intense increasing dramatically the load on the body. In football, both intrinsic load and external load are measured to give both indicators of potential injury and peaks in performance. As a sports chiropractor, you are looking for the characteristics of having flexibility, strength, stability and control in the right areas of the spine, then it can withstand a good amount of load. The type of back pain suffered by most people is mechanical back pain and this affects both athletes and weekend warrior sportspeople. When an athlete is coming back from injury they go through specific steps to reduce the risk of relapse. Those young people who do a range of different sports as they are growing up spread the load and this helps later on. It’s about an athlete having a set of tools that they can use to manage their own bodies and their mental well being A rest recovery cycle is important with sleep and the correct diet vital components. You need to take a holistic view of your life to ensure you are in the best possible state to take part in physical activities. BEST MOMENTS ‘I’m looking to build a multi-disciplinary team who will be able to meet all the needs of the person’ ‘Breaking down the components of the sport and testing the athlete over time to build back to 100% is vital’ ‘It’s about have a training plan and building up the load gradually’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Back Pain PodcastFree Sciatica guide: www.thebackpainpodcast.com Nick Metcalfe website ABOUT THE HOSTS Dave ElliotDave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him @ hello@thebackpainpodcast.com if you have any questions for him.-Instagram Rob BeavenRob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better.-Instagram -Twitter CONTACT METHOD Instagram Twitter Facebook hello@thebackpainpodcast.com Support the show: https://thebackpainpodcast.com