Sports injuries traditionally increase in September coinciding with back-to-school. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that 3.5 million children and teens are hurt annually playing organized and/or school sports with foot and ankle injuries accounting for one third of all injuries.

Summer vacation is partly to blame. After a couple months off of school, students often don’t prepare adequately for the fall sports season, returning too rapidly to their sport. Because children’s bodies are still developing, their muscles, bones and ligaments aren’t as stable as the same in an adult, thus upping the ante for injuries to occur.

Sometimes youths tough out their injuries and put themselves at risk. Or sometimes the injury and the resulting symptoms don’t seem to add up.

Higher Health Chiropractic treats youngsters to seniors. Call our office if you’re experiencing symptoms from aches and pains to headaches and stress. We’ll evaluate your condition and make recommendations for treatment or refer you to one of the several physician/surgeons we work with ongoing.

Kids can get checked, too. Do kids need regular blood pressure check-ups or regular tests of their blood glucose levels? Probably not – these simple procedures can be done during a child’s annual physical. But kids are very active and more frequent chiropractic check-ups are usually a good idea. Most of us were introduced to chiropractic care when we were adults – and we had to play catch-up for however long a period of time before we really began to feel healthy again. If we began chiropractic care as a younger adult, it probably didn’t take too long to restore good health. If we were older – well, the process probably took more time. (more…)