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Sports Injuries

If you’re an athlete, you understand the numerous demands of participating in high impact sports such as running, jumping and tackling. Putting your body through these activities can result in torn soft tissues, dislocations, sprains, and strains.  At Bellingham Spine and Disc Dr. Hill can help when you’ve suffered sports injuries and also help prevent them.

We treat and rehabilitate injuries of the neck, back, pelvis, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, and ankle. Dr. Hill is skilled in adjustments of the spine and extremities, ensuring that bones are lined up and balanced, which helps relieve tension in the body. This allows the body to function better and become less susceptible to injury. The goal of most chiropractic techniques is to restore or enhance joint function while resolving joint inflammation and reducing pain. This hands-on therapy is often used to treat neck or back injuries but also relieves pain throughout the joints and muscles in the body.

Causes of sports injuries include forceful impacts, repetitive motions, over-training and failure to warm up properly. Chiropractors can help athletes by relieving their pain and helping them heal faster after an injury. Regular visits will promote quicker recovery after games and training as well as better balance and overall performance.

To start, we will ask you questions about your health and perform a structural exam of your posture, spine and balance. We will also examine your back, extremities, tendons, ligaments and joints. Utilizing this information, Dr. Hill will be able to determine what treatment would benefit you. The two most common techniques are spinal adjustment and spinal mobilization.

During spinal adjustments, your doctor will place you in different positions and perform a manual or mechanical impulse to an affected joint. This releases pressure in the joint and aligns muscles and joints so they work properly.  In some cases, the impulse causes an audible cracking sound, called cavitation, due to the release of gas that happens when the joint opens up and motion is restored.

Spinal mobilization is used for patients that require a gentle approach, and utilizes tools or simple stretches to release pressure in joints.
At Bellingham Spine and Disc, we may also incorporate other treatment methods to relieve pain such as ice, disc traction, Arthrostim (mechanical mobilizer), Vibrocussor (percussive vibration), massage, kinesiotaping, and/or cold laser therapy.  Be sure to discuss all of your symptoms in order to consider all treatment options.

In addition to treating injuries, we can also help prevent injuries. Before endeavoring on an exercise regimen or sport, it’s recommended that athletes get evaluated.  At Bellingham Spine and Disc Dr. Hill can check your muscles and spine to detect imbalance and alleviate tension so that the body can work naturally rather than be prone to injury.
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Dr Hill specializes in sports medicine. As the sports chiropractor for the local semi-pro and pro teams in baseball, football, and roller derby during the last two decades, Dr. Hill has seen hundreds of on-field and on-track injuries.  For advanced pain and chronic sports injuries, consider Bellingham Spine and Disc.  We're experienced in treating athletes.
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"I injured my lower back, resulting in two bulging discs. The pain was so intense I couldn't stand without a handful of pain relievers. With the help of Dr. Hill I am now pain free." 
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Don L. Construction Laborer
Bellingham, WA


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  • Home
  • Services
    • Chiropractic
    • Spinal Decompression Treatment
    • Therapeutic Exercises
    • Medical Massage
    • Swedish Massage
    • Pregnancy Massage
  • Injuries We Treat
    • Disc Injuries and Sciatic Nerve Pain
    • Headaches
    • Neck Pain, Whiplash, and Auto Accidents
    • Back Pain
    • Shoulder Pain
    • Spinal Stenosis
    • Sports Injuries
    • TMJ Disorder
  • Dr. Hill & Staff
  • Free Consultation
  • Testimonials
  • Request an Appointment
  • Contact
  • Location