Shoulder Pain – Heart Attack or Rotator Cuff Injury? Created inNewsletter Library,Injury Rehab & Prevention The great TV classic ER helps teach armchair physicians to become amateur diagnosticians. He’s in shock! She’s got kidney stones! Rule-out pheochromocytoma! But sometimes a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. You’ve learned somewhere – on the network news,…

Healthy Hips and Healthy Knees Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain The numbers of individuals undergoing total hip replacement and total knee replacement are increasing significantly.1 Annual rates in the United States for total hip replacement have increased more than 50%. In Denmark, rates have been increasing by 30%. Annual rates in the United…

Healing Chronic Shoulder Pain Created inNewsletter Library,Chronic Conditions As we get older, years and decades of mechanical stress may lead to deterioration of joints, ligaments, and tendons. This degenerative process, commonly known as arthritis, primarily affects weight-bearing joints such as the hips and knees and those found in the lumbar spine. The shoulder, too, is…

Have You Been Suffering From Chronic Knee Pain? Created inNewsletter Library,Chronic Conditions Chronic knee pain is notoriously difficult to treat successfully. Persons with these problems often become discouraged as they shuttle from specialist to specialist, from rheumatologist to orthopedic surgeon to physical therapist to acupuncturist and back again. Lack of progress and improvement becomes understandable…

TMJ Created inCommon Conditions Treated,Body Pain The temporomandibular joint connects the jawbone to the skull. Up to 10 million people suffer from painful temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Symptoms include pain in the face and neck, locked jaw or limited jaw movement, painful clicking when moving…

Shoulder Pain Created inCommon Conditions Treated,Back and Shoulder Pain Chiropractors will always seek to treat shoulder pain with the most gentle and drug-free methods possible. The ultimate goal of chiropractic care for shoulder pain is to bring the patient’s shoulder back to full function while reducing and eliminating the pain caused by the injury. Shoulder…

Knee Pain Created inCommon Conditions Treated,Body Pain Knee pain is common in people of all ages. It may start suddenly — such as after exercise or an injury. But it can also develop over time, starting out as minor discomfort. Chiropractic care for knee pain includes first identifying the underlying cause of the pain, which…

Frozen Shoulder Created inCommon Conditions Treated,Chronic Condition Relief,Conditions Affecting Women The term frozen shoulder encompasses a wide variety of restrictive shoulder disorders and can also be referred to as adherent bursitis, pericapsulitis, obliterative bursitis and periarthritis. Regardless of what it is called, manipulation of the joint and neuro-muscular-skeletal rehabilitation are needed to resolve the lack…

Treating Shoulder Pain with Chiropractic Care with our Birmingham Chiropractor Shoulder pain can put a cramp in your daily activities for the long term without quality care from a skilled chiropractor. With chiropractic care, it is possible to relieve pressure on your shoulder and jumpstart your body’s natural healing process. Your chiropractor in Birmingham will…