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Injuries from Heading Soccer Balls

The Radiological Society of America reported that repeated heading of soccer balls could lead to brain injury.  Researchers found that players who headed the balls with high frequency had abnormalities in their brains which were similar to abnormalities seen in persons with traumatic brain injury.  These injuries can lead to loss of memory, behavior issues, and […]

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Sport Injuries and Chiropractic

When adolescents play on team sports, there is an inherit risk of injury.  Chiropractic care can help reduce the long-term effects of those injuries.  Injuries suffered in sports range from sprains and strains to broken bones.  The featured image for this post is a clavicle fracture from a football tackling injury.  Most of the sport […]

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