Sports Chiropractic

All athletes, amateur and professional want to enjoy their activities pain free, injury free and most want to perform as well as they can.​

Whether you are a professional golfer or an amateur cyclist, we can all benefit from some professional attention.

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How your chiropractor can help

Pain Relief​

Quite often there is muscle pain following exercise. However not all pain is 'normal'. Sometimes the pain is clearly a problem that needs to be addressed. However, often 'small' irritations can lead to compensatory postures and movement patterns that can cause secondary problems. 

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With the appopriate care we can address such things as:

• Excessive muscle strain

• Stiff joints

• Over-worked tendons and ligaments

• Residual pain from old injuries

By addressing sometimes overlooked issues we can avoid further exacerbation and secondary problems.

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Injury Prevention

With careful screening and testing we can identify weaknessess and potentially avoid future injury. 

Amongst others these are examples tell-tale signs can be identified such as:

• medial knee deviation

• reduced over-head soulder mobility

• lumbar hyperflexion/hyperextension

• restricted hip extension

• insufficient ankle flexion

• superior breathing patterns

These and other problems can be addressed with the appropriate manual treatment and corrective exercises.

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​Functional Performance

​Whether we just want to have fun at the weekend, or we want to win a medal, performance is key. ​A combination of the appropriate treatment and preparatory/rehabiliation exercise will help you on the way to achieving your goals.

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Why Brussels Chiropractic

​Your chiropractor, Declan Murphy, has been a keen amateur sportsman, taking part in adventure sports like climbing, kayaking, mountaineering. He has also worked for several years as a circus instructor teaching hand-balancing and acrobatics. ​He has trained with some top athletes, coaches and physiotherapists. Included in his training are many hours of physiotherapy seminars along with the regular full-time chiropractic education. He has also experienced many sports injuries himself.

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The examination includes:

• History taking and goal-oriented interview 

• Full spinal assessement

• Lower limb and upper limb screening

• Orthopaedic and neurological tests as required

 

Treatment usually includes:

• feedback on the examination

• chiropractic adjustments

• fascial manipulation

• dry-needling

• kinesiotaping

• rehabiliation exercise

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Time will be taken to assess, not only your current problems and potential weaknesses but also your strengths and your goals. 

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When to contact us

• you have a recent injury

• you have an old injury that needs to be rechecked

• you have some little niggles that are hard to identify

• you just feel a little more stiff than you think you should be

• you feel great but you would like a screening for potential issues

• you have a competition coming up or a particular goal to achieve

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For an appointment you can call us on 02 808 94 24 or follow the link below.

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