Sports chiropractic for athletes and active individuals
Want to boost your performance with the support of sports chiropractic, all while staying injury-free? Choose the skilled chiropractors at Solar Chiropractic:
- Prevents injuries
- Enhances strength, speed, coordination and reaction time
- Suitable for both amateur and professional athletes
“I highly recommend Solar Chiropractic. Daniel helped me get rid of lower back and shoulder pain, improved my overall health, sleep, and performance at work and during exercise. The front desk team is always friendly and customer-focused.”
Sports chiropractic helps athletes perform better
Top athletes swear by sports chiropractic, and for good reason. Whether you’re competing at a high level or training for your own enjoyment, you want to perform well and push your limits. A well-functioning nervous system is essential for that. It improves your coordination, reaction time, strength, flexibility and speed. Your nervous system is the key to unlocking your best results.
Michael Jordan, Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are all advocates of the benefits of regular sports chiropractic for optimising their performance.
Through precise adjustments, the chiropractor releases tension in your spine. This enhances your spinal function and optimises your nervous system. Your brain can once again communicate freely with your body, helping you react faster, move more efficiently and make better decisions. You finally get to see what your body is truly capable of.
What is chiropractic sport?
Chiropractic sport is a term often used when people search for care that supports athletic performance, injury prevention, and recovery. While the phrase itself isn’t grammatically perfect English, it generally refers to sports chiropractic, a form of chiropractic care that focuses on how the spine, nervous system, and movement patterns influence strength, mobility, coordination, and resilience. Whether you’re a professional athlete or a recreational mover, chiropractic care can support your body to perform, adapt, and recover at a higher level.
How chiropractic supports injuries
A chiropractor helps you recover from injuries and prevent them from reoccurring. An injury can disrupt everything. You’re in pain, and your body just won’t do what you’re asking of it. Sometimes an injury happens suddenly, from an impact, a fall or a wrong movement. Other times it develops gradually, and you notice the pain increasing with every session. A sports chiropractor helps by releasing tension in your spine, improving your posture and restoring optimal function of your nervous system. This supports your body’s natural healing process in a powerful way. And it does more than help treat a sports injury, it also helps prevent future ones. When pressure is distributed more evenly throughout your body, your body absorbs and transfers load more efficiently, reducing the likelihood of recurring injuries.
Chiropractic treatment for football injuries
Chiropractic plays an important role for football injuries, which can happen to even the best players. Football is a physical sport, you sprint, tackle, jump, twist and change direction constantly. You demand a lot from your body, and some athletes handle that load better than others. If you’re someone who gets injured easily, there’s often an underlying reason. There could be tension or protective patterns in the spine. These affect your posture and make it harder for your body to keep up with the intensity of your movements. A chiropractor helps by releasing this tension. This improves your posture, increases the efficiency of your movement and supports faster recovery from football injuries. Just as important, it helps prevent future injuries by allowing your body to move with more balance, strength and resilience.
Chiropractic treatment for running injuries
Running and chiropractic go hand in hand when it comes to preventing and recovering from running injuries. Many runners experience injuries, especially if you start with enthusiasm but without proper conditioning. Your body absorbs impact with every step, and if there are imbalances in your body, it can often create too much load. This can happen when there are protective patterns in your spine, too much tension in your back, or when your hips are moving more than they should. Even well-trained runners can develop injuries for the same reasons. A chiropractor looks at the underlying cause of your running injury. By understanding where the problem originates, we can help your body move more efficiently, recover more effectively and keep you feeling strong and energised every time you step out the door.
Chiropractic treatment for hockey injuries
Hockey injuries are extremely common. The sport is played low to the ground, which means you spend a lot of time bent forward. On top of that, your torso rotates in the same direction every time you strike the ball. Some muscles are overused, while others are less activated. Because of this, many hockey players develop injuries in the hamstrings, calves, groin or ankles, and that’s not even counting what a stick or ball can do to the body. Your body deserves proper support, which is why chiropractic care is so valuable for hockey players. By releasing tension in your spine, a chiropractor improves your posture, helps your body move more efficiently and makes it easier to recover from a hockey injury. At the same time, chiropractic care helps prevent new injuries by keeping your body stronger, more balanced and better prepared for the demands of the game.
Chiropractic for golf injuries
Visiting our chiropractic practice with a golf injury will make a big difference to your performance. Pain or stiffness affects your enjoyment and your confidence on the course. Your swing doesn’t feel the way it used to, and your handicap may even be creeping up. Golf injuries often involve the neck or shoulders, which reduces your flexibility and, over time, can lead to pain or issues like golfer’s elbow. Our chiropractor will assess where your discomfort is truly coming from. By addressing the underlying cause, your body can heal more effectively, your swing becomes smoother and more powerful, and your overall performance improves. At the same time, you reduce the risk of future injuries so you can keep playing at your best.
Chiropractor for tennis injuries
A chiropractor can play a key role in helping you recover from a tennis injury. Unfortunately, injburies are common in tennis, you run, jump and strike the ball with full power, using your entire body in the process. If something is out of balance or your posture isn’t optimal, a tennis injury can easily develop. Tennis elbow is the best-known example, but players also frequently experience pain in the back, shoulders, neck or hips. With chiropractic care, we improve mobility in the hips, shoulders and neck, helping your body move the way it was designed to. As a result, your pain decreases, your performance improves and you reduce the risk of future tennis injuries.
Chiropractic treatment for padel injuries
Vamos! When you come in with a padel injury, our chiropractor first looks at where your symptoms are truly coming from. Padel is an intense sport with powerful, repetitive movements, so injuries are common. Players often feel discomfort in the shoulder, elbow, wrist or knee. Frequently, tension in the spine play a major role in how these padel injuries develop. Chiropractors release this tension so your back, hips, knees and ankles can function the way they’re meant to. This not only helps you recover from your current padel injury, but also makes your body stronger, more stable and better prepared for the demands of the game. You’ll perform better and reduce the chances of getting injured again.
Chiropractic treatment for rugby injuries
Chiropractic care supports recovery from rugby injuries, and many past and present rugby players visit our practice. Rugby players often develop tension in the neck and spine. This is understandable in such a physical sport, where your body absorbs frequent impact during tackles and scrums. This tension not only increases the risk of injury, but also limits your power, precision and performance on the field. By releasing this tension, chiropractic care improves your posture, strength and stability, helping you move with more control and force. This supports a faster recovery from your rugby injury and decreases the likelihood of new injuries. You’ll feel stronger, more resilient and better equipped for the demands of the game.
Chiropractor for yoga injuries
A chiropractor helps yogis experiencing yoga injuries to practice again with comfort and ease. When you’re dealing with pain, it becomes difficult to relax, move freely or enjoy your flow. Certain poses may feel restricted or even sharp, and your flexibility or strength can decrease noticeably. That’s when chiropractic care makes a meaningful difference. By releasing tension in your spine, chiropractic helps improve your strength, balance and flexibility. You’ll notice your body recovering step by step, feeling stronger and more open with each practice. The renewed strength and flexibility also helps prevent future yoga injuries, so you can truly relax and feel at home again on your mat.
Fitness chiropractor for gym injuries
A fitness chiropractor will help you when you’re dealing with a gym injury. Whether you’re doing cardio or strength training, it’s easy to overload your body when the foundation isn’t functioning well. If there is tension in your spine, this will affect your posture,, which means pressure is placed unevenly on your body during exercises. Over time, this creates strain and can lead to injury. A chiropractor helps restore that foundation. By releasing tension in your spine, we improve your posture and make it easier for your body to recover from any injuries. You will notice progression in your strength and performance. At the same time, you reduce the risk of future injuries by training with a body that is more balanced and better aligned.
Chiropractic for CrossFit injuries
Chiropractic care is highly effective for CrossFit injuries, helping you recover quickly and move with more strength and control. Because CrossFit combines strength training, cardio and gymnastics, it challenges your entire body, which makes it fun, varied and demanding. Proper technique and body mechanics are essential, and when something is even slightly off, injuries can occur. This often happens when there is tension in the spine that affect your posture and movement patterns, making your body more vulnerable to overload. A chiropractor helps by releasing this tension so your body can move the way it was designed to. This supports a faster, more complete recovery from your CrossFit injury and reduces the likelihood of the same issue returning. You’ll feel stronger, more stable and better prepared for your next WOD.
Chiropractic treatment for powerlifting injuries
When treating a powerlifting injury, the chiropractor first looks at the root cause of your discomfort. A powerlifting injury rarely appears out of nowhere, it’s usually the result of accumulated strain, technique issues and a body that isn’t recovering well enough between sessions. We assess exactly where your powerlifting injury is coming from. Often we see limited mobility in key areas, making it harder to lift safely. And when core stability isn’t strong enough, your posture collapses under load and your lower back absorbs too much impact. Chiropractic care helps correct this by releasing tension in your spine. As your spine moves better, your posture, strength and stability improve. This doesn’t just help you recover from your current injury, it also reduces the risk of future injuries and supports safer, stronger lifting overall.
Chiropractic treatment for bodybuilding injuries
A chiropractic treatment for bodybuilding injuries will be focusing on addressing the underlying cause of pain or discomfort. We often find this begins in the spine, usually in the back or neck. You may even notice it yourself: during the last reps, your form starts to twist or collapse slightly. This not only causes pain, but also makes it difficult to maintain the clean, controlled technique you’re aiming for. That’s why it’s important to have your bodybuilding injury assessed by a professional. As chiropractors, we release tension in your spine so your posture improves and your back becomes significantly stronger. This allows your body to handle the load of your exercises more effectively. You recover more quickly from your current bodybuilding injury, and you also reduce the risk of future injuries, helping you train with more strength, stability and precision.
Book an appointment today and get the most out of your body
Want to perform at your highest level without being held back by injuries? Schedule an appointment with the expert chiropractors at Solar Chiropractic.
We optimise the function of your spine and nervous system so your body can move, perform and recover at its absolute best.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, in many cases you can continue training. What’s possible depends on your specific situation, and our chiropractor will gladly advise you on what is safe and appropriate for your body. There may be certain movements or exercises that are best avoided for a short time, but our aim is always to keep you moving as much as possible, as staying active supports your healing.
Seeing a physiotherapist for a golf injury is a good way to help the muscles and movement patterns during recovery. A chiropractor addresses the deeper structural and neurological causes behind your golf injury. That’s why chiropractic care not only helps your current injury heal, but also strengthens your foundation so future injuries are less likely.
Physiotherapy for a yoga injury will mainly focus on the joint and muscular aspect of your problem. Chiropractic works deeper, restoring alignment in the spine and allowing prana to flow more freely. By supporting your parasympathetic nervous system, chiropractic helps your body move into the neurological state that supports healing. Many yogis find their practice becomes more fluid, grounded and connected after chiropractic care, with fewer injuries over time.
No, you don’t need a referral. You can book an appointment directly at Solar Chiropractic without a referral.
Most insurers reimburse chiropractic care under complementary or alternative care in the extras insurance package (aanvullende verzekering). Check your policy to see what your coverage includes, or click here to view the coverage of your insurance company.
You can find the current fees for chiropractic care on our fees page. There, you can also check what your health insurer reimburses.
During your first appointment, we take the time to understand your health concerns and create a personalised care plan. This initial visit usually lasts around 30-45 minutes. Once we know what your body needs, the follow-up visits are shorter and more focused. You’ll first have a moment to relax on the table before the chiropractor begins the adjustments. These adjustments give your body exactly what it needs to support the self-healing process. So even though each session only lasts at most about 10 minutes, the healing process continues long after you leave the practice.
Yes, chiropractic care is very safe when performed by a qualified chiropractor. At Solar, every adjustment is delivered with precision, presence, and respect for your body’s natural rhythms. We don’t force or manipulate, we work with your body to help it find balance again. Research shows that chiropractic care is among the safest forms of healthcare available, and is far safer than common medications like ibuprofen. Our approach is gentle, specific, and focused on restoring proper function to your spine and nervous system. Most people experience chiropractic as deeply relaxing and even restorative, a way to reconnect with their body and support its innate capacity to heal and thrive.
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About Solar Chiropractic
Our mission is simple: to help you live life to the fullest with more freedom and energy. Through gentle chiropractic adjustments, we restore the natural balance of your spine and nervous system, so your brain and body can communicate clearly again. As this connection is restored, your body heals from within, growing stronger and more resilient. You rediscover your vitality, joy, and the ability to thrive every day.
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What to expect
Your first visit
We’ll take the time to get to know you and explore how we can best support your health and healing. This comprehensive consultation includes a holistic health questionnaire, physical examination, posture scans, and a personal conversation about your health goals. If we determine that we can help you, you’ll receive a gentle chiropractic adjustment tailored to your body’s needs.
Intensive phase
In this stage, we focus on restoring balance in your spine and nervous system through precise, effective adjustments. The sessions are short yet powerful. Repetition is key as it helps teach your brain new, healthier neurological patterns. During this phase, we usually see you twice per week.
Stabilisation phase
Your body begins to adapt to its new balance. Muscles, discs, ligaments, and connective tissues get the chance to heal and strengthen. This will help prevent your body from slipping back into old, protective patterns. To support this process, adjustments are usually scheduled once per week.
Wellness care
We continue to support your health for as long as you feel it is best serving you. Just like eating well, moving your body, and giving yourself time to rest, regular chiropractic care is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Together, we’ll decide the rhythm that works best for you and your goals.
Even more insurers reimburse chiropractic care through their supplementary insurance. Want to know what your insurer covers? Check your insurer’s coverage.
Almost all Dutch health insurers reimburse chiropractic care
With the right additional insurance (aanvullende verzekering), you can be reimbursed for chiropractic treatments. No referral is needed.
Why Solar Chiropractic is the best chiropractor in Amsterdam
With our vitalistic approach to chiropractic, we go beyond temporary pain relief. We focus on your whole health, helping you move freely, feel energised, and live with greater resilience and joy. Discover what makes Solar Chiropractic the best chiropractor in Amsterdam.
Root-cause healing
We don’t just mask symptoms. We address the underlying issues to create real, lasting change
Feel fitter than ever
By empowering your body to heal itself, you’ll feel the difference in every part of your life
Personalised care plan
With a tailored approach, we work step by step toward your unique health goals
Trusted by our community
Our clients value our unique approach, rewarding us with a 9.6-star rating
Genuine care & connection
Our experienced chiropractors are dedicated to your health, vitality, and well-being
Evening & weekend appointments
We offer evening and Saturday visits, so care fits easily into your life
Solar Chiropractic: proven results that last
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Amsterdam loves our chiropractic practice
“I can wholeheartedly recommend this chiropractic practice. The treatment from the entire team is excellent. I’ve had several sessions now and it has helped me tremendously in improving my neck, mobility, and pain. It’s absolutely worth recommending and a very professional centre. Thank you so much for all the help you’ve given me! ✌️✨”
“Daniel P is the best chiropractor in town. Haven´t been able to run for almost 6 months and after taking his treatment I´m back on track!! Very professional, very nice person and it definitely worth it! Thanks a lot!”
“I highly recommend Solar Chiropractic. Daniel helped me get rid of lower back and shoulder pain, improved my overall health, sleep, and performance at work and during exercise. The front desk team is always friendly and customer-focused.”
“I was helped very well by Daniel. When exercising, I often had issues with my calves and hamstrings due to tension in my lower back. After the first session, where my lower back was realigned, I immediately noticed a huge improvement. I now come in about once every two months for treatment. Daniel is very friendly and highly professional.”
“Tory and Daniel have been amazing with my back recovery. Their care helped me return to sports after years of not even being able to run. I never thought I’d play the sports I enjoyed 10 years ago again. I’ve also noticed improvements in my overall wellbeing and immune system. I’m extremely grateful and highly recommend them to anyone with physical health issues.”
“I first came to Solar with lower back pain, which they resolved quickly. I’ve continued with regular care because staying aligned and moving well is essential to my daily life, especially as a dancer. Dr. Daniel and Dr. Tory are knowledgeable, attentive, and easy to trust. The whole team is professional, welcoming, and truly cares. Highly recommended!”
“Daniel is a highly skilled and experienced chiropractor. After back pain from a sporting injury, I saw him on my physio’s recommendation. The pain eased significantly after the first session and is now gone. His professionalism and genuine care keep me coming back. Highly recommended if you’re in any discomfort!”
“Daniel helped me reduce the pain and stress on my body. After visiting him regularly on a weekly basis I realised significant changes in my sleep and breathing which helped my recovery from sports. Thanks Daniel!”
“Daniel P is the best chiropractor in town. Haven´t been able to run for almost 6 months and after taking his treatment I´m back on track!! Very professional, very nice person and it definitely worth it! Thanks a lot!”
“At first I went because I kept experiencing hip pain whenever I went running. Thanks to regular adjustments, the pain is now gone and I feel great in my body overall! Daniel and the team are very professional and incredibly kind. Highly recommended!”
“Tory and Daniel have been amazing with my back recovery. Their care helped me return to sports after years of not even being able to run. I never thought I’d play the sports I enjoyed 10 years ago again. I’ve also noticed improvements in my overall wellbeing and immune system. I’m extremely grateful and highly recommend them to anyone with physical health issues.”
“I was helped very well by Daniel. When exercising, I often had issues with my calves and hamstrings due to tension in my lower back. After the first session, where my lower back was realigned, I immediately noticed a huge improvement. I now come in about once every two months for treatment. Daniel is very friendly and highly professional.”
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What our clients are saying
“I was helped very well by Daniel. When exercising, I often had issues with my calves and hamstrings due to tension in my lower back. After the first session, where my lower back was realigned, I immediately noticed a huge improvement. I now come in about once every two months for treatment. Daniel is very friendly and highly professional.”
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