Sports Injury Treatment in El Campo: Rehab & Recovery Care

Why Prompt Sports Injury Treatment Matters

Performance is an essential aspect of any sport or activity, and getting injuries drastically shifts your priority from giving your best to sitting it out. Injuries result in rapidly decreasing athletic performance. Treatment helps you get back on track soon so you can maintain athleticism.

Other reasons why it's crucial to seek immediate treatment are:

It can grow worse: Untreated injuries may lead to chronic pain as a result of forced movement, which aggravates your injury.
Speed up recovery: Immediate treatment helps your body heal while the injury is still in its early stage, making it faster for your body to recover.
Go beyond the surface symptoms: A consultation from a professional helps pinpoint other issues resulting from the injury, which helps with the long-term recovery.

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How Chiropractic and Rehab Care Support Recovery

To help you recover from injuries and perform better, our team designs a treatment plan for chiropractic and rehab for sports injuries in El Campo suited to your condition. Our focus is to provide holistic and compassionate care supporting your body's healing process.

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Chiropractic Adjustments

For injuries involving your spine, joints, and limbs, our resident chiropractor performs manipulation and readjustment techniques to fix misalignments and relieve pain.

Soft Tissue Therapy

Several treatment modalities, such as myofascial release and massage therapy, may be included in your treatment plan to relieve muscle inflammation and tightness.

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Corrective Exercises & Rehab

Our team will design a workout that may include weight training for your strength, core and leg training for balance, and several flexibility exercises to improve your muscular functionality.

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Performance Coaching

We'll educate you on proper movement mechanics based on your sport or activity to help you prevent reinjury, allowing for fast recovery that lasts long after your sessions are complete.

What to Expect During Your First Visit

Coming to our clinic for the first time can feel uncertain, but our staff will bring warmth so you can feel at ease throughout your visit. Once we're done helping you with your intake form, you'll undergo the following essential steps:

Consultation and injury history: Our resident chiropractor will check your posture, joints, and muscles, and ask questions about your past and current injuries.
Physical exam and functional testing: You'll be instructed to do specific movements to test your overall physical health and conduct laboratory tests if needed.
Personalized treatment plan: Once our chiropractor diagnoses the issue, he will design a custom care plan with a holistic approach to rehab and recovery.
Ongoing care with progress tracking: We'll monitor your progress on every session and ask for feedback to adjust the treatment to maximize results.

Why Choose Renew Spine & Rehab in El Campo?

Our resident chiropractor, Dr. JZ Benson, understands sports injury on a deeper level, having experienced injury himself while on a softball team. His direct experience and skill drive us all to provide chiropractic care for athletes in El Campo that's grounded in empathy and performance.

Experience in sports injuries

Our resident chiropractor understands how to effectively use chiropractic care and functional rehab to help you heal better.

Patient-centered care

Personalized treatment plans with one-on-one sessions designed according to your body's needs and performance goals.

Focus on long-term results

Treatments dig deeper into the root of the problem and follow through on recommendations to prevent reinjury.

Meet Your Chiropractor

JZ Benson, DC

Chiropractor

Dr. JZ Benson worked for a contractor in high school who specialized in remodeling homes and thought he’d follow that career path. At the age of 16, he fell 12 feet and landed on a 2×4, severely injuring his spine.

For six months, he went from doctor to doctor, wearing a corset-like back brace and being heavily medicated. He was told surgery was his only choice, but a friend helped him find another solution—chiropractic care.

This inspired him to become a chiropractor and help others experience healing like he had.

Frequently Asked Questions

You should get treatment as soon as possible. Doing so increases your chances of getting back on track soon. You also clearly understand the severity of your injury when you consult with a chiropractor right away.

There's no need for that. You can contact a chiropractic clinic and set an appointment right away. However, if you have any pre-existing conditions that may affect your treatment, it's best to consult your physician beforehand.

We recommend you forego any training while you're receiving treatment. We understand you need to keep your athletic performance at an optimum level, but risking training while you're in session could worsen your condition and extend your treatment and recovery period.

Definitely! Our treatment regimen focuses on rehabilitating the affected areas of your musculoskeletal system, but we also aim to improve your recovery so you can give your best.

It depends on your insurance provider. We suggest you contact them to check your coverage before setting an appointment.

What Our Patients Say

Everyone is kind, knowledgeable, caring, and understanding. I am not an easy case. I have been in chiropractic care since I was 13. I was having headaches, and my mom took me to the dentist and eye doctor, tried everything, and we ended up with the chiropractor. Years later, I learned my hips were uneven, and the s curve in my spine was not there, not scoliosis, but not the way it should be. I also have TMD, which is called TMJ. Dr. Benson is treating all this and my new arthritis problems that affected my entire left leg and took the strength from my thigh muscle. My body is writhing in pain. However, he and his team are working to calm the pain and heal my body- the best part is that my insurance covers it.

Cassondra B.

Dr. Benson is absolutely the best! I took my husband to the ER in severe pain in his lower back. He could not move. They pumped him full of pain medication and sent him on his way, saying they could not help him. I called Dr. Benson's office while in the ER and explained the situation. I took my husband straight to his office from the ER; he could not walk, could not sit up, and was laid out in the back seat of my truck. Dr. Benson came out to my truck and helped to get him out of the truck and into one of the rooms. After working on him for about 45 minutes, he could walk out with the help of crutches and the next day was walking without them! My husband was back at work 4 days later after figuring out he had a pinched nerve and 2 more visits. I would highly recommend Dr. Benson and his entire staff to anyone that is looking for a chiropractor that really does care about his patients.

Donna W.

I had a hip replacement last year. I have been limping lately and quite frankly feeling crooked and having back spasms. Dr Benson and staff worked wonders the first day with massage, electric stim and spinal adjustment. The limp was less pronounced and my back pain was significantly lessened when I left. I know this is a work in progress but I feel we are on the right path forward.

Sharon H.

Dr. Donald Thingpen

Chiropractor

Dr. Donald Thigpen is licensed Doctor of Chiropractic with 20+ years of experience. He specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of conditions related to the spine, joints, and musculoskeletal system. Dr. Thigpen is also certified practitioner in dry needling through the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, certified Decompression Therapy Practitioner through the Kennedy Decompression Institute, certified practitioner in Whiplash Injury Biomechanics & Traumatology through the Spine Research Institute of San Diego, certified practitioner in Webster Technique through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, and certified practitioner in manual therapy.

Dr. Thigpen received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Texas Chiropractic College and was valedictorian of his graduating class. While at Texas Chiropractic College, he received an extensive education in human anatomy, physiology, pathology, and other clinical and biological sciences. From 2001 to 2003, under the direction of Dr. Bill McGimsey, Ph.D., Dr. Thigpen was appointed to the position of gross anatomy lab instructor and performed dissections on over 150 human cadavers. From 2002 to 2003, under the direction of Dr. Hasnaa Shafik, M.D., Ph.D, Dr. Thigpen was appointed to the position of histopathology lab instructor where he assisted doctoral students in the microscopic identification of human tissues and diseases.

Dr. Thigpen's experience includes a chiropractic internship along with medical rotations in neurosurgery and rheumatology. His rotation in neurosurgery was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Edward Murphy, M.D., at St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, Texas. During his rotation in neurosurgery, Dr. Thigpen assisted Dr. Murphy with neurological examinations, observed and assisted in surgery, and received extensive instruction on neurological conditions, brain MRIs, and spine MRIs. His rotation in rheumatology was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Martin Lidsky, M.D., at the Veteran's Affair's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Under the instruction of Dr. Lidsky, Dr. Thigpen gained valuable knowledge and experience on the proper evaluation and diagnosis of many arthritic and rheumatic conditions.

Prior to attending Texas Chiropractic College in Houston, Texas, Dr. Thigpen completed his undergraduate studies at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In May of 2000, he graduated cum laude and received a bachelor of science degree in biology. While at MSU, he was selected to participate in a senior honors thesis research project, which he completed under the direction of Dr. Ray Neyland, Ph.D.

From 2004 to 2008, in addition to a full time practice as a Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Thigpen was an instructor at the Louisiana Institute of Massage Therapy where he taught human anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Dr. Thigpen is also an Elsevier text book reviewer and has been recognized in three text books for his contributions. You can find him listed as a contributing editor and reviewer in Mosby's Pathology for Massage Therapists 2nd Edition, Massage Therapy Principles and Practice 3rd Edition, and Massage Therapy Principles and Practice 4th Edition.

Dr. Thigpen is a member of the Texas Chiropractic Association, American Chiropractic Association, and the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.

Sports Injury Treatment in El Campo

Why Prompt Sports Injury Treatment Matters

Common Sports Injuries We Treat

Sprains and strains

Tendonitis (tennis/golfer's elbow)

Shoulder injuries (rotator cuff, labrum)

Knee pain (ACL, MCL, patellar tendon issues)

Back and neck pain

Overuse/repetitive stress injuries

Postural or biomechanical problems affecting performance