In the first few weeks of a training programme, it is neural adaptation that gives improved muscle strength not an increase in muscle size (1). Training enables a person to repetitively practise contracting their muscles. It is in the repetition that the musculature is able to improve its neural connectivity.
Neural connectivity is how well your nerves connect to your muscles. Exercise can improve the connection, being sedentary degrades the connection and Chiropractic also improves the connection.
In the early days of injury recovery improving your neural connectivity through chiropractic is ideal.
Training frequency is very important because at all ages physical activity reduces mortality an association that increases with age (2). Yes that means that as you age the need for physical activity to keep your brain connected to your muscles increases.
When physical activity is combined with Chiropractic Care the results are better than physical activity on its own (3). So its not one or the other to get the same end result. Chiropractic and Exercise work in different ways. Chiropractic Care shows a significant effect at one year follow up, something physical activity does not do (3).
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References:
1. Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement, 3rd Edition by Bruce Abernethy et al. 3rd Edition, Human Kinetics
2. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.46802
3. Underwood M et al (2004) UK BEAM Trial. BMJ 11;329(7479):137