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Cleveland Browns’ Denzel Ward’s husband, wife chiropractic duo on working with athletes on recovery
Professional athletes regularly endure grueling training programs and strenuous activity both during the NFL season and in the off season.
While recovery for professional athletes is much different than that of a day-to-day gym goer, stretching, warm-ups and cool downs are often beneficial to anyone who lifts weights or exercises regularly.
Dr. Mary Teague and Dr. Chad Teague are husband and wife chiropractic physicians based in Cleveland who assist professional athletes, including Cleveland Browns’ cornerback Denzel Ward, in preparing for game day, recovering more quickly after fatiguing training and injuries.
“Denzel has been a great patient for us to work with,” Chad told Fox News Digital. “He’s a lot of fun and trying to do as much as we can to prevent concussions, and then just bulletproof his body so he can be on the field and available as much as possible.”
David Njoku, left, and Denzel Ward are just two of many NFL athletes that go to Dr. Mary and Dr. Chad at Code Chiro in Cleveland. (Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images/Jason Miller/Getty Images/ Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
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Mary and Chad are co-founders of Code Chiro. The couple have worked with a number of well-known professional athletes in years past including David Njoku, a tight end for the Browns, and Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry when they were part of the Cleveland-based NFL team.
“We’ve been blessed with being able to work with amazing people,” Chad said.
Chad said he works with Ward a couple times throughout the week.
“Then we’ll do pregame warm up routines, just to kind of get his body prepped, and do some brain cognitive function drills to wake up his nervous system and his brain with catching and reactivity,” Chad said.
“He’s very proactive. He’s one of those very proactive athletes, that’s for sure,” Mary added.
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When it comes to treatments for professional athletes, each is different, and sometimes does not even take place between the walls of Code Chiro.
Over the last few years, Chad spent a lot of time traveling alongside professional athletes and providing treatment on the road.
“I traveled a lot the past couple years, and especially last year, with athletes, and I’m trying to taper that back and try to focus those athletes to be here in Cleveland, so I don’t have to travel as much, which has been hard,” Chad said.
Dr. Mary Teague, pictured here, and her husband Dr. Chad Teague are the co-founders of Code Chiro. (Cole Sarver Media )
“I would say my main goal is to have them here and incorporate a routine where we’re doing recovery, kind of be the general manager of everything performance,” Chad explained. “So I work directly with their dietitian, I work directly with the team staff, the athletic trainers, the chef.”
There are many moving parts to an athlete’s overall health. Working in tandem with various professionals allows the duo to maintain a “cohesiveness” strategy to the athlete’s overall health and fitness regimen.
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Professional athletes have sessions with Mary and Chad regularly, sometimes even daily in the case of an injury.
“If they have an injury, especially in season, I would say almost every day,” Mary said of athlete’s treatment plans.
On average, Chad explained that while treatment schedules vary, two to three times a week is normal. However, the recovery and treatment plans depend both on the athlete and the sport they play.
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“You’re going to have more contusion based injuries or impact injuries with football,” Chad said. “You still get that with basketball and some other sports, but you’re going to get a lot more impact in football. So a lot more lymphatic work in football, neck strengthening, more exercises to prevent concussion or delay or kind of decrease the impact when they’re hitting head to head.”
Chad added that basketball players experience more tendon-based injuries, which include tendinopathie, knee tendon and Achilles tendon issues.
“That’s the biggest difference is tendinopathies versus impact injuries in football,” Chad said.
Mary added that reactive versus proactive care is sport-specific.
Denzel Ward of the Cleveland Browns is one patient of Code Chiro. (Cole Sarver Media )
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Code Chiro operates under the tagline, “movement cures” and movement is at the center of care.
“Our biggest push and education portion of our practice is trying to get people to go from whatever they’re doing to improving their movement and biomechanics so they can improve whatever their sport or life goal is, and everything is movement based,” Chad said.
“If it’s an injury, or you’re just trying to get back into fitness or a healthy lifestyle, movement is so crucial to getting the blood flowing and just increasing your overall lifestyle,” he continued.
Dr. Chad Teague and Dr. Mary Teague listed Odell Beckham Jr. as one of their NFL patients while he was playing for the Cleveland Browns. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
Though Mary and Chad are chiropractors, they are gym-goers themselves, parents and believe in movement encouragement for all patients.
“I would say we’re more, not even movement coaches, but performance coaches and musculoskeletal specialists,” Mary said. “I will say, a lot of people think of a chiropractor as the traditional cracking, the crack aspect of things, and don’t get me wrong, it’s really helpful, and the adjustment is a very key component about what we do here. However, we focus a little bit more on movement mechanics, the way your body moves, the dysfunction that you are going through every day.”
She added that ninety percent of Code Chiro’s patients are active exercisers and want to maintain their workflow at the gym without stopping or experiencing pain.
“That’s what I would say chiropractic is moving towards, and it’s really good,” Mary concluded.
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Video circulating this week shows masked federal agents in Milwaukee arresting people. City leaders say the face coverings violate a city ordinance — but whether federal agents are required to follow local ordinances is a legal question that may ultimately be decided by a federal judge.
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Local attorney Russell Jones said the answer depends on the specific ordinance and what federal authorities are doing.
“The issue becomes whether or not the local ordinances interfere with the operations of the federal officers acting under federal law. If it does, federal law will supersede it. Right, it’s the supremacy clause of the Constitution. If it doesn’t interfere with their operations, then typically they will follow those ordinances. So that’s really the question: do the ordinances interfere with the legitimate operations of the federal agency?” Jones explained.
For the past week, masked federal agents have been seen in Wisconsin arresting people they say are in the country illegally.
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Galo Suarez described one encounter.
“They broke our side window, and they told us that if we didn’t comply, we would face several heavy consequences,” Suarez said.
Images have also surfaced of what appear to be federal agents in Milwaukee County parks.
Federal agents wearing masks and being in county parks, according to city and county leaders, are against local ordinances.
Milwaukee’s city ordinance prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings. A Milwaukee County ordinance prohibits any law enforcement agency from using a park as a staging area without a permit.
When asked whether a resolution to the legal question was possible now, Jones said it likely falls to the courts.
“That’s a question that eventually probably some federal judge will answer,” Jones said.
Before the city’s face covering ordinance was passed, City Attorney Evan Goyke wrote in a memo that “it is legal and enforceable.”
Enforcement of the ordinance would fall to Milwaukee Police, who earlier this week said they have “requested a formal written legal opinion from the city attorney’s office regarding the ordinance’s applicability and enforceability.” TMJ4 News reached out to Goyke on this and is waiting to hear back.
ICE has already stated it “will not abide by unconstitutional bans,” noting that “ICE officers wear face coverings for one reason: to protect themselves and their families from real-world threats including agitators.”
Jones said the practical challenge of enforcing a local ordinance against federal officers adds another layer of complexity.
“Enforcing a local ordinance right is typically done with an arrest or issuing a ticket, and certainly arresting ICE officers would interfere with their operations,” Jones added. “Ultimately, a federal judge will decide if these ordinances interfere with federal operations, and if they do, they will be superseded by federal law, and if they don’t, then ICE would likely have to follow them.”
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FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — Indianapolis Animal Care Services announced Thursday that a dog died from heat stroke at its new facility earlier this week.
The animal had been confined to an outdoor kennel for an extended period. Officials say they are investigating to figure out what went wrong.
The incident serves as a warning to pet owners.
Extreme heat, as Indiana has seen since Monday, is dangerous not only for people but also for animals.
The Humane Society for Hamilton County has a few recommendations for keeping pets safe. Gina Smola, director of operations, said Thursday, “Keeping them indoors, that’s the No. 1 thing, in air conditioning. Don’t leave them in vehicles. And the other important thing is if you’re going outside, make it short potty breaks. If the pavement is too hot for your hands, its too hot for their feet.”
Even if dogs or cats are usually kept outdoors, the Hamilton County facility’s staff said to keep them inside during unusually high temperatures.
Emma Nobbe runs community engagement at the Hamilton County shelter in Fishers. “Going on those longer walks, you also want to make sure that you have a shaded area. A lot of people would try to walk their dogs early in the morning or late at night when it’s normally cooler naturally. But if you can’t do that, try to find a trail or a space that’s highly shaded so it’s not only cooler on your dog’s paws but also cooler for them in general.”
Nobbe and Smola recommended keeping walks to no more than 10 minutes. If you are going on a longer walk, bring water and a travel bowl for the pet. Nobbe said, “If you freeze peanut butter to a plate, that’s something they really enjoy. It’s also a tool if you want to keep them inside, but they are more active.”
At the Hamilton County facility, dogs are kept indoors until temperatures cool off. The shelter on Thursday was caring for more than 500 animals, at full capacity. The staff said the days leading up to and after the Fourth of July are their busiest time of year because they receive the highest number of stray and lost animals.
“A lot of people travel, the animals get loose because of the fireworks, so they get very scared,” Smola said.
The Hamilton County staff says Fourth of July fireworks and the heat present a double danger.
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