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Joint Stiffness
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Joint stiffness may result from any number of
diagnoses, such as tennis elbow, runner's knee, frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel
syndrome or from repetitive motion injury, improper sitting, overexertion,
slips, falls, accidents. The traditional medical approach might be to
splint to reduce joint movement, pain medication and muscle relaxant
prescription, steroid injections, or surgery. Chiropractic treatment
would focus on restoring normal range of motion to the joint and thereby proper
function of the spine and extremities would be the end result. Improving
joint motion helps to restore normal biomechanics and in so doing, circulation
is also improved to the area, scar tissue is reduced and the overall healing
process is improved by motion occurring earlier.
Joint pain is caused by not having a layer of lubrication and
cushion between two bones. The Joint is like a shock absorber with cartilage
and fluid called synovial fluid. With this cushion your movements are
nice and easy without pain.
We can help improve range of motion in the involved restricted
joints to make you more comfortable. There are also supplements you can
take to improve joint health and we can help you with that also. See you
soon.
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