Joint Pain & Subluxation Treatment

Chiropractic Care Health Clinic provides chiropractic treatment for joint pain that can be caused by subluxation or arthritis.

It’s highly effective because it focuses on how the condition of your spine can cause problems with joints in other areas of your body. Thus, correcting spinal imbalance as well as treating the joints themselves is the best way to alleviate pain and restore full function to your joints.

Dr Salman Khan will apply the most effective methods to treat the misalignment of your joint or your specific form of arthritis and provide pain relief as quickly as possible.

Joint pain is clinically known as arthralgia. Any damage to the fibrous tissue of the joints that connects two bones to enable movement of the body – through injury or disease – can seriously impair your mobility and cause a lot of pain.

Joint pain can vary from irritating to incapacitating. In chronic cases, it can last for months, but even acute (short-term) pain in your joints can damage your quality of life.

You can get pain in any of the hundreds of joints in your body but the most problematic areas include the knees, shoulders, hips, and lower back. And as you get older, the likelihood of joint problems increases.

Joint pain caused by subluxation

Many conditions can cause joint pain, including subluxation, a partial dislocation in the spine and in the joints themselves, and trauma, such as strains and sprains.

Signs of joint subluxation include swelling and/or restricted mobility of the joint.

Other symptoms of joint problems include:

• Warmth or redness of the joint.
• Stiffness or tenderness.
• Weakness of the joint.
• Loss of full range of movement of the joint.

Natural joint pain relief options

Natural joint pain relief remedies include:

• Icing.
• Exercise.
• Anti-inflammatory herbs, like ginger and turmeric.
• Vitamin D and calcium supplements.
• Physiotherapy.
• Chiropractic.

Chiropractic joint pain treatment can help you to get back to your normal level of activity by alleviating pain, reducing inflammation, and improving the flexibility of the joint.

Joint pain caused by osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. It occurs through wear and tear when the cartilage cushioning the ends of bones in a joint becomes thin and the bone thickens. The bone at the edge of the joint may then move outwards, creating osteophytes – bony spurs.

With osteoarthritis, all the tissues within the joint become overactive as your body tries to repair the damage.

Sometimes, osteoarthritis won’t cause significant problems. But in severe cases, the cartilage can become so thin that it doesn’t cover the ends of the bones, which then rub against each other and start to erode.

Symptoms of osteoarthritis include:

• Pain that gets worse with movement of the joint.
• Stiffness.
• A grating sensation in the joint.
• Swelling.
• Restricted movement of the joint.

Without treatment, osteoarthritis can lead to gout and chondrocalcinosis, i.e. calcification of cartilage.

Natural pain relief for osteoarthritis

Natural remedies to provide osteoarthritis pain relief include:

• Herbal supplements
• Green tea
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Chiropractic

Many people seeking a holistic approach to providing arthritis pain management and control choose chiropractic treatment as it can be highly effective in maximizing the function of an arthritic joint once any swelling has subsided.

Chiropractic adjustment techniques that work for joint pain

Chiropractic treatment can benefit people with joint problems because it concentrates on the connection between the spine and the nervous system, which transmits and receives signals – such as pain – to and from other parts of your body, including the joints.

Chiropractic techniques for spinal issues can also be applied to joints in other areas to boost the body’s natural healing process and ensure a full range of movement.

The methods used by Dr Salman Khan to achieve joint pain relief include:

Articulatory technique

Articulatory chiropractic adjustments help to ease stiffness and improve the function of joints. Dr Salman Khan slowly moves leg and arm joints through their range of motions while applying mild pressure.

Activator technique

Adjustments to restore spinal balance can help to relieve pain in joints in other parts of your body. Dr Salman Khan uses an activator adjusting instrument to apply a fast, controlled thrust that’s comfortable for the patient.