Chiropractic In The NFL

One thing professional athletes do not have to worry about is healthcare. Teams want their players to be healthy; they want to get their money’s worth. Longevity on the playing field is paramount, because for every year a player remains competitive, millions of dollars may be earned.

Today, athletes, their agents, athletic trainers, and medical doctors understand the consequences of disabling the pain mechanism and have come to appreciate the chiropractic perspective — treating the cause of the pain

The average pro football chiropractor renders 30 to 50 treatments per week during the season. With the in-season (game-playing) duration lasting 18 weeks (not including quarterback camp, mini-camp, and pre-and post-season), 40 chiropractors on average give 28,800 adjustments to America’s superstars in 4 months.

The diversity of relationships among the 32 teams and their chiropractors has generated the formation of the Professional Football Chiropractic Society (PFCS). Our main goal is to provide consistency among constituents, as we take the best practices from each alliance and create a template to apply to chiropractors who work with other pro sports.
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With professional football — namely, the NFL — as the best-run business in sports. The PFCS has helped reinforce the critical view that chiropractic has a position as an indispensable tool in wellness care, improved sports performance, and injury rehabilitation of professional athletes.