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Dr. Coppock returns to treat Warbirds

August 22, 2005 - National Indoor Football League (NIFL)
Dayton Bulldogs News Release


DAYTON, Ohio - In the age of specialization, many professions have diversified to take advantage of needed skills.

Athletes of all shapes and sizes get excellent treatment, especially from the medical profession.

In the case of the Dayton Warbirds football team, chiropractic treatment is essential to the, sometimes, more than 300-pound athletes that are indigenous to the 50-yard field in the National Indoor Football League.

Ask Denise Coppock, DC, how it is to deal with the average 250-pound football giant or another athlete that tips the scales at some where around 1,100 pounds. Dr. Coppock deals with both.

TREATS LARGER 'ATHLETES'

"I had several of the Dayton players ask how I was going to adjust their bones and joints," said the short, but athletic-looking doctor. "I told them I've worked with much bigger athletes than you."

Dr. Coppock, who returns to the Warbirds in 2006 as the team's chiropractor, also works with competitive horses. Yes, horses.

"I've worked with jumping horses, barrel racing horses and dressage horses," said the 31-year-old Coppock, who spent an extra six months at the National College of Chiropractic in Lombard, Illinois, to receive certification for working with horses.

"Those champion animals receive just as much special attention as a professional athlete, because they are competitive athletes themselves," she said. " As with humans, we work with the back, neck and legs of the horses. Like the top notch athlete, they (horses) are worth a lot of money to their owners."

Dr. Coppock, who is relocating here practice in the Beavercreek area, enjoyed her experience with indoor football players, although I had known about the game from seeing another league play," she added.

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE

"This was a very positive experience, only because I like the game, but we had no major injury problem this past season," Dr. Coppock said. "There is a general wear and tear on the football player, but nothing more than the typical hamstring and groin injuries."

Her chiropractic service also is the first sponsor for next year and will join many of the distinguished sponsors who provide services to the indoor football team that plays in the E.J. Nutter Center.

The players benefited greatly from Dr. Coppock and her staff. Adding a highly professional chiropractic clinic rounded out the total medical package of the Warbirds.

"The team wishes to thank Dr. Coppock for her work and undivided attention to the players," said Warbirds general manager Jorge Ruiz.

Medical services are extremely important to a professional football club and the Warbirds are fortunate to have such fines services available to them.

MEDICAL SERVICES KEY

Dayton finished 8-6 last season in the NIFL and hopes to improve on that record in 2006.

In practice for two and on-half years in the Dayton area, Dr. Coppock said the difference with horses versus football players is that "with the horses, you get true results; in other words, you never get any false impressions, whether good or bad, like you do with humans."

It's human nature: Like most of the Warbirds, "being true to yourself" can help you through the pain. Fortunately, the 'Birds were true to themselves with a fine record of achievement in the team's inaugural 2005 campaign.

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