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You’re not looking for temporary relief. You want to know the injury won’t come back the second you push yourself again.
That’s the difference between masking pain and actually fixing what’s broken. When your body heals correctly, you move better than before. Your range of motion improves. The compensating you’ve been doing in other joints stops. You sleep through the night again.
Most athletes who come to us aren’t dealing with their first injury. They’re dealing with the same injury that keeps flaring up because it never healed right. Our chiropractic care for sports injuries in Village, NJ focuses on alignment, function, and strength—not just getting you off the table pain-free for a day. You’ll notice the difference when you can train hard without that nagging tightness or when you finish a game without limping to your car.
Dr. Paul Roses has spent over 30 years working with athletes, weekend warriors, and active adults across Hudson County. He didn’t start in chiropractic planning to treat sports injuries—he discovered it after seeing what drug-free care could do for people who refused to accept “you’ll just have to live with it.”
Village, NJ sits in one of the most active communities in the state. Between youth leagues, high school sports, and adult rec teams, there’s no shortage of people pushing their bodies hard. That also means there’s no shortage of rolled ankles, pulled hamstrings, and shoulder issues that won’t quit.
We’ve treated everyone from firefighters and police officers to high school athletes trying to make it through playoff season. The goal is always the same: get you functioning at full capacity as quickly as possible, then keep you there.
Your first visit starts with figuring out what’s actually wrong. Not just where it hurts, but what caused it and what’s keeping it from healing. We’ll ask about your sport, your training schedule, and what movements make it worse.
Then we assess your alignment, joint mobility, and muscle function. Most sports injuries don’t happen in isolation—they’re the result of compensation patterns, old injuries, or movement dysfunction that’s been building for months. We use state-of-the-art diagnostic tools, including Titron Infrared Imaging, to see what’s happening beneath the surface.
Treatment combines hands-on adjustments with targeted soft tissue work. You’ll also get specific exercises designed to reinforce what we’re doing in the office. These aren’t generic stretches—they’re based on your injury, your sport, and what your body needs to stay stable under load.
Most people feel improvement within the first few sessions. Full recovery depends on the severity of the injury and how long you’ve been dealing with it, but the process is straightforward: restore proper movement, reduce inflammation, rebuild strength, and prevent it from happening again.
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You’re getting more than adjustments. Every treatment plan includes a full movement assessment, hands-on chiropractic care, and a personalized recovery protocol you can do at home.
We also provide lifestyle coaching—because how you sleep, what you eat, and how you warm up all affect how fast you heal. If you’re dealing with a recurring injury, we’ll identify the patterns that keep bringing it back. That might mean adjusting your training volume, correcting your form, or addressing an old injury that never fully healed.
Hudson County has seen a 17% increase in exercise-related injuries over the past year, with the highest rates among people aged 15 to 24. That tracks with what we see in Village, NJ—more people are active, which is great, but they’re also dealing with overuse injuries, improper recovery, and training errors that lead to chronic issues. Our job is to get you back to your sport without the fear that one wrong move will put you back on the sideline.
You’ll also have access to spinal decompression therapy and physical rehabilitation if your injury requires it. Everything is designed to work together so your body heals as a system, not just a collection of sore parts.
It depends on the injury, how long you’ve had it, and how well you follow the recovery plan. Acute injuries—like a recent ankle sprain or pulled muscle—usually respond within a few weeks if you’re consistent with treatment and rehab exercises.
Chronic injuries take longer because there’s often scar tissue, compensation patterns, and weakened stabilizer muscles that need to be addressed. If you’ve been dealing with something for months or years, expect a longer timeline. That said, most people notice significant improvement within the first month.
The biggest factor is compliance. If you’re only coming in for adjustments but ignoring the exercises and activity modifications, recovery will stall. Your body needs both the manual therapy and the movement work to rebuild properly.
Yes, and the research backs it up. Studies show that adding chiropractic care to sports training programs significantly reduces lower limb injuries, especially non-contact knee injuries and muscle strains.
Prevention comes down to maintaining proper alignment and joint mobility. When your spine and pelvis are out of alignment, your body compensates. That compensation creates uneven stress on muscles and joints, which eventually leads to injury. Regular adjustments keep your body moving the way it’s supposed to, so you’re not overloading certain areas.
We also teach you how to recognize early warning signs—tightness, reduced range of motion, or minor discomfort that could turn into something bigger if ignored. Most serious injuries don’t come out of nowhere. They’re the result of small dysfunctions that pile up over time.
Extremely safe. The injury rate associated with chiropractic care is significantly lower than primary care treatment—40 incidents per 100,000 patients compared to 153 per 100,000 in traditional medical settings.
Chiropractic adjustments are non-invasive and drug-free, which means you’re not dealing with side effects from medications or the risks that come with surgery. For most sports injuries, conservative care like chiropractic should be the first option, not the last resort after everything else has failed.
That said, we’re not treating everything with adjustments alone. If your injury requires imaging, a referral, or a different type of intervention, we’ll tell you. The goal is to get you the right care, not to force every problem into the same solution.
We treat the full range—sprains, strains, tendonitis, rotator cuff issues, runner’s knee, shin splints, lower back pain, neck injuries, and post-concussion symptoms. If it’s related to athletic activity or repetitive movement, we’ve likely seen it.
The most common injuries we treat are overuse injuries. These are the ones that don’t come from a single traumatic event but from doing the same movement over and over without proper recovery. Think tennis elbow, IT band syndrome, or chronic hamstring tightness. These respond really well to chiropractic care because the root cause is usually biomechanical.
We also work with athletes recovering from acute injuries like ankle sprains or shoulder dislocations. The goal in those cases is to restore full function and make sure the surrounding structures are strong enough to handle the demands of your sport. A lot of people rush back too soon and end up with a worse injury down the line.
Yes. Most private insurance plans and public health programs now cover chiropractic care, and that coverage has been expanding over the past few years as more people seek drug-free treatment options.
We’ll verify your benefits before your first visit so you know exactly what’s covered. Some plans cover the full cost of treatment, while others require a copay or have a visit limit. Either way, we’ll walk you through it so there are no surprises.
If you don’t have insurance or your plan doesn’t cover chiropractic, we offer affordable cash rates. The cost of a few chiropractic visits is still a fraction of what you’d pay for an MRI, prescription medications, or surgery—and for most sports injuries, it’s just as effective if not more so.
A sports injury chiropractor has additional training in biomechanics, athletic performance, and injury rehabilitation. We understand the specific demands of different sports and how to get athletes back to full function, not just out of pain.
Regular chiropractic care focuses primarily on spinal alignment and pain relief. Sports chiropractic goes further—we’re looking at movement patterns, muscle imbalances, joint stability, and performance optimization. The treatment is more dynamic and often includes rehab exercises, soft tissue work, and sport-specific adjustments.
If you’re an athlete or someone who’s active and dealing with an injury, you want someone who understands the difference between “feeling better” and “being ready to compete.” That’s where sports chiropractic makes the difference. We’re not just getting you comfortable—we’re getting you ready to perform.
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