Back pain

31 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time

The back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. You can sprain ligaments, strain muscles, rupture disks, and irritate joints, all of which can lead to back pain. While sport injuries or accidents can cause back pain, sometimes the simplest of movements—for example, picking up a pencil from the floor— can have painful results. In addition, arthritis, poor posture, obesity, and psychological stress can cause or complicate back pain. Back pain can also directly result from disease of the internal organs, such as kidney stones, kidney infections, blood clots, or bone loss.*

Neck Pain

Your neck, also called the cervical spine, begins at the base of the skull and contains seven small vertebrae. Incredibly, the cervical spine supports the full weight of your head, which is on average about 12 pounds. While the cervical spine can move your head in nearly every direction, this flexibility makes the neck very susceptible to pain and injury.*

Headaches

If you have a headache, you’re not alone. Nine out of ten Americans suffer from headaches. Some are occasional, some frequent, some are dull and throbbing, and some cause debilitating pain and nausea. A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center in Durham, NC, found that spinal manipulation resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headache than a commonly prescribed medication.*

Lower Extremity: Hips/knee/ankle/foot

Common conditions of the hip joint: bursitis, I-Tband syndrome, sprain/strain, degenerative hip, piriformis syndrome, Sacro iliac syndrome, Sciatica, runners knee, flat feet, shin splints, tendonitis, ACL/MCL, meniscus, inflammation.

Upper Extremity: Shoulder/elbow/forearm/wrist

The shoulder is the most complex joint in the body. It allows for the most mobility therefore is more susceptible to problems. Proper evaluation and treatment is crucial for shoulder dysfunction. Chiropractic care evaluates the muscles, ligaments, and bones that make up the complex joints of the upper extremity. Common shoulder conditions include: Arthritis, bursitis, Rotator cuff injuries, sprain/strain, subluxation of the shoulder, muscle spasm, frozen shoulder, tendonitis, golfers elbow, tennis elbow, carpel tunnel syndrome, nerve entrapment.

* ACA (American Chiropractic Association)