| It is a very important thing for all of us to | | | | to travel with them. They were adding one on |
| remember that our bones and muscles, just like | | | | staff, rather than making the whole team go out |
| any other part of our bodies, can wear down | | | | to find one in the cities they visited throughout |
| with time and over use. As you sit, sleep, walk, | | | | the country. |
| drive and any other activity, the different | | | | The story was something of a nine days wonder |
| positions have a wide range of effects on the | | | | in Pennsylvania, and we all chalked it up to the |
| body function. Normal wear and tear takes place | | | | fact that chiropractic care wasn't something that |
| on anything, even the most well built machine or | | | | was normally part of the professional sports |
| the most well developed person. | | | | team. |
| As such, it should come as no real surprise that | | | | It makes perfect sense. Seeing a chiropractor on |
| athletes are prone to even more wear and tear | | | | a regular basis can help you to move more freely, |
| than those of us who live a little more sedentary | | | | to keep your musculoskeletal system healthier |
| lifestyle. With baseballs coming at you 100 miles | | | | and even to prevent injuries. Adding a key |
| per hour on a slow day, and sliding into home | | | | element such as a chiropractor to the medical |
| plate to make that last inning saving run for your | | | | team of a large baseball team just makes good |
| team, as well as swinging a bat at all speeds to | | | | business sense for the team. Keeping your |
| connect with a fastball, the chances of a neck or | | | | players as healthy as possible means you flat out |
| back injury or pain are good. In fact, given a | | | | win more games. |
| profession like baseball, the chances of pain in the | | | | Chiropractics aren't new to baseball. As far back |
| neck or back seem inevitable. | | | | as the 1920's a chiropractor traveled with the |
| This probably accounts for why so many baseball | | | | New York Yankees. An author, Cash Asher, |
| teams seem to be getting on board with | | | | wrote the story in the mid-40s and claimed at |
| chiropractic and chiropractors in recent months | | | | that point that the Yankees didn't want anyone |
| and years. | | | | else to know that he traveled with them. That |
| A story that gathered a great deal of attention a | | | | was their secret recipe to success. |
| year or so ago was one which was entitled, | | | | More than one team from the NFL has a |
| "Phillies Get Cole Hamel a Chiropractor." The | | | | chiropractor working with them, while multiple |
| Philadelphia Phillies had agreed, at the request of | | | | other professional athletic teams and organizations |
| pitcher Cole Hamel to get the team a chiropractor | | | | have signed on their own team chiropractor. |