Most professional athletes employ the use of a chiropractor either through referral of current players or by the training staff of the team they play for.  According to an article published in March/April 2002 in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics about chiropractic care and NFL players, the results showed that 53% of head NFL trainers would refer and did refer their players for chiropractic care.  Moreover, 100% of trainers agree that some players use chiropractic care without referral from team medical staff (this is just at the NFL level, but also consider collegiate athletics, NBA, NHL, and PGA tour and how athletes seek out chiropractic care for their injuries through teammates and/or colleagues).  Having a chiropractor on your healthcare team as professional athletes do allows you to maintain your mobility, flexibility and avoid injury because chiropractors are able to realign any joints that have misaligned, or subluxated.