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How to find help<br />

TWENTY-THREE EXTRAS FOR MAXIMIZING…<br />

16.100 In HARDGAINER issue #36 the late Dr. Keith Hartman provided help for<br />

people trying to find a sports-orientated chiropractor:<br />

In the USA, you want to look in the Yellow Pages, and behind the doctor’s names<br />

(that is where additional credentials are usually placed) may appear the initials<br />

CCSP, which stand for Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician. It denotes… the<br />

completion of 150 or more post-graduate hours in the diagnosis, chiropractic<br />

treatment and management of sports injuries…<br />

Additionally, in both the USA and internationally, you can ask the doctor over<br />

the telephone if he or she is a member of FICS, which stands for the Fédération<br />

Internationale de Chiropratique Sportive. is is the international body that<br />

holders of the CCSP credentials belong to…<br />

If you ask some questions of the staff person answering the phone, or the<br />

doctor him/herself, you should be able to determine if the doctor is orientated<br />

towards and knowledgeable in handling sports injuries. If the doctor is<br />

reluctant, or hesitates in the least when questioned about CCSP, I personally<br />

would be hesitant of seeing him. Another good source for sports-orientated<br />

chiropractors may be a local gym. e gym may know someone who is a CCSP,<br />

or a chiropractor who is good with sports injuries but does not have the CCSP<br />

credentials.<br />

16.101 e professional you consult should know the basic weight-training movements,<br />

or be willing to learn from you, and ideally he should be a trainee<br />

himself. He should know the variations of form that need to be considered<br />

to fit an individual’s structural uniqueness, and especially know the variations<br />

that should never be used.<br />

16.102 Seek a sports-minded expert in biomechanics, injuries and manipulative<br />

therapy. You may need more than one person to cover these areas. But as<br />

with all professionals, standards vary. You may have to hunt around to find<br />

the quality of help you need. Make the effort, though, and you can add life<br />

to your training years, and years to your training life.<br />

20. Responding to muscle soreness<br />

16.103 Muscle soreness is a fact of life for everyone who lifts weights. It is one of the<br />

rewards from a hard workout, proving that you delivered the goods. Good<br />

soreness comes from intensive effort in exercises done in safe form, is purely<br />

muscular, and goes away after a few days. is is different from longer last-<br />

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