More than 54 million Americans suffer from some form of joint pain, including knee pain, neck pain, back pain, etc. Joint pain can be caused by many factors, including previous injuries, sleep, diet, arthritis, exercise, and stress. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution for managing joint pain, we offer various chiropractic care techniques that may help your symptoms.
What is Joint Pain?
Joint pain is inflammation of the surfaces of bones where they meet up with other bones.. Joints are where two bones come together, such as the knees, hips, elbows, or shoulders. Joint pain can range from mild to severe and can be a result of acute trauma, chronic overuse, excessive muscle tension, lack of stability/control in the joint, or from other inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
Chiropractic Care for Joint Pain
Chiropractic care involves the correction of dysfunction of the spine primarily, as well as to other joints of the body. We aim to address the route cause of your joint pain, not just to mask the inflammation. Commonly this includes adjustments, both of the spine and extremities like knees, ankles, wrists, and even fingers or toes, along with work to the muscles that support the joints. Depending on the nature and location of your injury, you may need to strengthen some muscles, stretch others, or manage acute swelling and inflammation with tools like kinesiotape, braces, laser therapy, or electric stimulation.
What is an Adjustment?
The spinal adjustment is only performed after careful analysis and palpation of the spine. The purpose of the spinal adjustment is to restore proper motion to spinal or extremity joints. There are many different techniques our chiropractors can use to adjust your body, and many can be done very gently, even gently enough for newborn babies. Adjusting techniques our chiropractors include Diversified, Thompson Drop Table, Cox Flexion-Distraction, Activator, and Network, along with muscle treatments like trigger point therapy, Active Release Technique (ART), percussor/massage guns, or post-isometric relaxation (PIR).
Supportive Treatments
Depending on the nature of your injury, your chiropractor may use supportive therapies to speed up your recovery. We use therapies like electric stimulation, laser therapy, ultrasound, ice, heat, or kinesiotape. Feel free to ask your doctor about if you have any questions or have success with any supplemental therapies in the past
Visit Our Office to See if We can Help You with Your Joint Pain
If you are looking for a solution to your joint pain, our team at Newton Center Chiropractic can help. We offer individualized chiropractic care based on your specific needs. Contact us today at (617) 221-3654 to schedule an appointment. We look forward to serving you!