The internet is full of resources claiming to have the best fitness tips. While many of these tips are valid and helpful, we’d like to show you some fitness tips that can help with one specific purpose – to avoid injury.
As your Chandler chiropractor and pain relief specialists, we know a lot about how the body works, what the body needs and what the body can (and should) do. Staying fit, staying active and staying healthy are going to have SUCH a positive impact on your life and your future. Your lifestyle, relationships, self-image, mental health and so much more can improve when you feel well.
Many of our patients come in with pain or injuries that occurred as they were exercising, working out or playing sports. Probably preventable but still very common, we treat patients with anything from pulled muscles to misaligned discs. Chiropractic care can typically assess and treat almost all types of fitness injuries. However, many of the injuries we treat could have been prevented by refining the habits surrounding fitness. Here are some fitness tips to help you avoid injury.
5 Fitness Tips From Your Chiropractic Experts
1. Don’t Skip the Warm-Up
It may not seem important, but without warming up, you are setting your body up for an injury before you even start exercising. As a vital step in your routine, your muscles need to be warmed up prior to launch. Exercising with cold, tight muscles leads to tears and pulls, hamstring issues, a strained lower back and low back pain or a torn ligament. Warming up can include light stretching or gentle calisthenics to get your blood flowing. This lengthening or stretching of your muscles can reduce the chances that you’re going to injure yourself when you get moving.
2. Proper Technique Is Necessary
This is one of those fitness tips that we find many of our patients forget about! The quality of exercises matters just as much as the quantity, if not more. Using proper technique during workouts, while playing sports, or doing any other type of exercise is critical for preventing an injury and keeping your body moving as it should. As you learn how to perform the movements, motions or exercises, follow those instructions every time you do them. Stay within your own skill level and physical ability. Pushing yourself is okay, as is being competitive, but too much will lead to serious injuries which could halt your fitness sessions altogether.
3. Muscle Recovery – How To Get Better
Good flexibility when it comes to your muscles will help your fitness level and athletic ability, and it will also prevent injury. Speak with our chiropractor or exercise therapist about what stretches are good stretches and focus on them during every session. Develop a routine that works, particularly to strengthen muscles most related to your activity type or sport of choice.
4. Cool It Down
An often neglected part of your routine, cooling down the right way is one of our best fitness tips! Take 10 or 15 minutes to slow down, cool down and stretch your muscles and joints before you hit the road. Cooling down can help you avoid strains, sprains, and muscle pulls.
5. Stay Hydrated
Drinking plenty of water throughout your day will help keep your muscles, joints and discs well-hydrated. This is important in avoiding an injury.
Want More Fitness Tips? Partner With Our Chandler Chiropractic Team!
Whether you happen to have an injury, need pain relief, or just want to keep your body feeling good and aligned, give us a call today. Our chiropractic treatments help individuals with pain and also help those without pain maintain an active lifestyle. Injury prevention is key, but motion and maintenance are also an essential part of staying fit and improving your quality of life. Now get out there, follow these fitness tips and stay active!
