Chiropractic Treatments
Head pain
- Migraine Prevention
- Cervicogenic Headaches
Neck pain
- Stiff and Painful Neck
- Pain from Spondylosis or Osteoarthritis
Shoulder pain
- Frozen shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis
- Shoulder girdle pain, Tension
Chest pain
- Rib Joint Pain
Elbow pain
- Golfer's/Tennis elbow
Wrist / Hand pain
- Referred pain
- Soft-tissue injuries
Lower Back
- Mechanical Back Pain (acute or chronic)
- Postural Problems
- Pain from Degeneration / Wear and Tear
- Lumbago
- Sacro-Iliac (SI) Joint Pain
Hip / Groin pain
- Hip pain
- Stiffness
- Groin pain
Leg pain
- Muscle pain
Knee pain
- Pain from Osteoarthritis
- Minor ligament injuries
- Minor cartilage injuries
Lower Leg pain
- Achilles pain
- Calf pain
Chiropractic treatment:
- Manual techniques designed to improve the function
of joints and muscles - Can relieve pain and muscle spasm
- Use of the hands to manipulate joints and ease muscular pain
- Can improve mobility of joints
- Can provide exercise and postural advice
Chiropractic is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on the function of the nervous system and general health. There is an emphasis on manual treatments including spinal manipulation or adjustment. (World Federation of Chiropractic 1999).
In 2010, the UK evidence report by Professor Gert Bronfort on the ‘Effectiveness of Manual Therapies’ was published. It concluded that spinal manipulation/mobilisation is effective in adults for acute, sub acute, and chronic low back pain; for Migraine prevention and cervicogenic headache, and a number of upper and lower extremity joint conditions. Thoracic spinal manipulation/mobilisation is effective for acute/sub acute neck pain, and, when combined with exercise, cervical spinal/manipulation is effective for chronic neck pain.