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Joint & Muscle Pain
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Chiropractors have a full understanding of the working of every joint in the body.
Your practitioner will carry out a full examination to find out whether the pain you
experience in, for example, your elbow, knee or ankle, may in fact be 'referred' from
your spine, another joint or group of muscles. This is because the irritation of the nerve in one area
can sometimes lead to pain, known as 'referred' pain, in other parts of the body.
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While there is often a spinal component to a problem, your chiropractor
may also
manipulate your joints or massage and stretch your muscles to help reduce pain and muscle spasm caused by injury,
inflammation, poor posture, wear and tear, or other factors which have led to
conditions such as the following:
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Tennis Elbow is an over-use injury, often suffered by players of racquet sports,
causing inflammation of the tendon around the elbow joint, but mainly affected by
movement of the wrist.
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Golfer's Elbow is similar to tennis elbow, but on the opposite side of the elbow joint.
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Frozen Shoulder - is inflammation of the shoulder joint which eventually
results in severe loss of movement.
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Arthritis occurs in several forms and chiropractic treatment is appropriate in most cases
to help reduce pain and stiffness.
Hip pain may be due to arthritis, but also may be due to a
soft-tissue injury, referred from the spine or confused with sacro-iliac pain. Knee pain has many causes. Chiropractors commonly see problems with the
knee cap due to an imbalance of muscles around the knee.
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The joints of the hands, ankles and feet are also susceptible to problems, and in all cases,
your chiropractor will make a full examination and diagnosis before treating you in the
most appropriate way. You may also be advised to do specific exercises to help you regain
strength and flexibility, even if you have arthritis. Until quite recently, patients with
pain due to osteoarthritis were advised to rest. However, now it is recognised that
movement helps to reduce the pain by relieving pressure on the joints, and by
improving flexibility in the surrounding muscles.
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