| Chiropractic therapy deals with the musculoskeletal | | | | treating sports related injuries. |
| problems encountered by patients. Since sports | | | | It is not easy to know if a chiropractor is classical |
| injuries are often musculoskeletal in nature it can be | | | | and uses a conservative approach or is modern and |
| expected that chiropractors would be useful for | | | | uses a more liberal approach which includes aspects |
| treating some of these injuries and disabilities. | | | | of traditional medicine. For example this information |
| However though chiropractic therapy has been | | | | will not usually be available in advertisements. |
| around for more than a hundred years traditional | | | | Therefore a visit to the chiropractor can be planned |
| medicine practitioners do not always recommend | | | | and more details obtained. |
| chiropractors. One reason for this is that even | | | | The therapy when used to treat sports related |
| amongst chiropractors there is a difference of opinion | | | | musculoskeletal injuries has resulted in benefit to the |
| on how the injuries and disabilities should be | | | | patient. Being drug free is a big advantage for the |
| approached. There is a conservative passive | | | | therapy. Even routine drugs have been known to |
| approach that limits itself to the manipulation of the | | | | have impacted the careers of sports persons |
| spine and there is a more active approach that | | | | because the same or similar drugs have been abused |
| includes more options. | | | | and are illegally used for performance enhancement. |
| Therefore when a traditional doctor wants to | | | | Another potential advantage of the therapy is that |
| recommend a chiropractic practitioner then it is useful | | | | at times it gives results fast. For a sports person that |
| for the doctor to know about the approach of the | | | | will mean a faster return to the sport. For sports |
| chiropractor he hopes to recommend. It has been | | | | person's who have important events that are |
| suggested that those chiropractors who use an | | | | imminent this potential benefit is very useful. |
| active and broader approach are more successful in | | | | |